Donald Trump: Facebook and Twitter restrict the president’s accounts
Facebook and Twitter have penalised Donald Trump and his campaign for posts in which the president claimed children were "almost immune" to coronavirus. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
Facebook deleted the post - a clip from an interview Mr Trump gave to Fox News - saying it contained "harmful Covid misinformation".
Twitter followed by saying it had frozen a Trump campaign account until a tweet of the same clip was removed.
US public health advice makes clear children have no immunity to Covid-19.
As America's election battle heats up - is it right for social media platforms - upon which President Trump has relied so heavily to rally his base - to hold the American leader to account, or should that be the job of the electorate?
US Correspondent David Grossman reports.
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