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2020-10-07 c
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Facebook removes Donald Trump post for spreading myth that Covid is 'far less lethal than flu'

It is only the second time the company has done so, coming less than 24 hours after the President himself was discharged from hospital

Facebook has removed a post by President Donald Trump that claimed Covid-19 is "far less lethal" than the flu less than 24 hours after being discharged from hospital with the disease.

The social media giant said Mr Trump had broken its rules against dangerous misinformation by wrongly playing down the "severity" of coronavirus.

With less than a month to go until the 2020 United States election, it is the second time that Facebook has removed a post from Mr Trump's own account for false information about the virus, and the first time that it has done so in a statement  posted directly to the service.

The company previously removed a video clip posted by Mr Trump from a Fox News broadcast, in which he told an anchor that children were "virtually immune from the infection". In fact, children can catch it but tend to have milder symptoms. (read more)

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