CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. on Wednesday removed a video posted by President Trump in which he said children are ‘almost immune from this disease,’ a claim that the companies said ran afoul their rules against harmful misinformation about Covid-19…
The action marked the first time that Facebook removed Mr. Trump’s posts for violating its coronavirus misinformation rules…
While complications and deaths from Covid-19 are relatively rare among young people, children aren’t immune from the virus. Older students, largely teens, are believed to be at greater risk than younger children.”
-Deepa Seetharaman, “Facebook, Twitter Take Down Video of Trump Saying Children ‘Almost Immune’ From Covid-19,” wsj.com, Aug. 5, 2020