Twitter rubbishes and pulls down Brazil President’s tweets questioning coronavirus quarantine measures
According to Twitter, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s tweets questioning quarantine measures violated social media network rules
In Summary
Tweeter pulled down two tweets by Brazil President Bolsonaro on coronavirus pandemic for flouting social network rule.
President Bolsonaro shot two videos in which he slams some people who want him to shut up and follow protocol yet the doctors do not in many cases.
“Let us face the virus with reality. It is life, we must die one day.”
President Bolsonaro also described the coronavirus as “flu” and called upon his government to reconsider the re-opening of schools and shops, with quarantine and self- isolation necessary for people who have attained the age of 60 only.
Tweeter has rubbished and removed Brazil President’s two tweets questioning coronavirus quarantine safety measures.
The tweets by Brazil president were pulled down on Sunday March 29, 2020 on grounds that they went against the social network rules.
The president had posted several videos that painted his government as flouting the rules of social distancing guidelines.
Two of the posts were pulled down with a notice explaining why they were removed.
Twitter’s Global rules
Twitter recently expanded its global rules to manage any content that contravened public health information from official sources which could put people at a greater risk of transmitting the COVID-19.
In one of the videos, President Bolsonaro converses with a street vendor about the Brazilians’ feelings about the quarantine.
“What I have been hearing from people is that they want to work” says the President.
In another video, President Bolsonaro calls for a return to normality in Brazil. He further questions the quarantine measures imposed by Governors and some mayors across the giant South American Country as an effective means of containing the spread of the virus.
President Bolsonaro says that with the skyrocketing unemployment levels, Brazil will have serious challenges that may spill over to the future.
In Brazil, 3, 904 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus leaving 114 people dead.
Coronavirus defiance?
In the four videos, President Bolsonaro is seen surrounded by small crowds as he strode about the capital.
He says that some people want him to shut up and follow protocol yet the doctors do not in many cases.
“Let us face the virus with reality. It is life, we must die one day.”
President Bolsonaro describes the virus as “flu” and called upon his government to reconsider the re-opening of schools and shops, with quarantine and self- isolation necessary for people who have attained the age of 60 only.
