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Facebook, Twitter delete posts from world leaders for spreading Covid-19 misinformation

Published March 31, 2020
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Facebook deleted a video from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that claimed hydroxychloroquine was totally effective in treating the coronavirus, according to the BBC.

It follows Twitter’s deletion of a homemade treatment tweeted by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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