Facebook temporarily freezes Venezuela president’s page for spreading coronavirus misinformation
Photo by Carolina Cabral/Getty Images Facebook froze the page of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro for violating its policy against spreading COVID-19 misinformation, the company confirmed Saturday. As first reported by Reuters, Maduro had promoted a miracle" remedy that he claimed would cure the coronavirus, but those claims have not been supported by the medical community.
Facebook also removed a video where Maduro touted Carvativir, a homeopathic remedy extracted from thyme. Maduro has praised the solution in the past as miracle drops" and a medical breakthrough." Doctors in Venezuela have called Maduro's claims that Carvatavir can treat the coronavirus dangerous."
This is not the first time Maduro has made false claims about coronavirus treatments on his social...