Twitter has temporarily halted President Donald Trump's son from tweeting on its site after he shared a video riddled with unsupported claims about the coronavirus Monday.
WASHINGTON -- The feud between conservatives and social media companies over alleged censorship escalated Tuesday after President Donald Trump and his son shared a fresh dose of misinformation about a disproven drug for treating the coronavirus in videos that were quickly taken down by Twitter and Facebook.
Simone Gold, one of the doctors, complained about censorship Tuesday, tweeting that "there are always opposing views in medicine." Fauci has become an off-and-on target of Trump and some of his White House aides and outside allies, who disagreed with the doctor's early recommendation to shut down the economy as a way to slow the virus, which is surging again in parts of the country, mostly in the South and West.
Asked if he can do his job while Trump publicly questions his credibility, Fauci said the stakes are too high not to stay involved. Facebook said the video is "sharing false information about cures and treatments for COVID-19," according to spokesman Andy Stone.
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