near Donald Trump, it is Nicolas Maduro who is targeted by the social network Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg’s company announced on Saturday that it had “blocked” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s account for 30 days after the latter’s “repeated violations” of the American company’s policy on disinformation linked to Covid-19 . “Due to repeated violations of our regulations, we blocked the page for 30 days during which it will only be in read mode,” a spokesperson told Agence France-Presse. Nicolas Maduro’s account remains open and visible, but he will no longer be able to make any posts or comments for a month.
“We have removed a video from Mr. Maduro’s page” in which the Socialist President praised the drug Carvativir, the effectiveness of which has not yet been demonstrated by medical studies, specifies Facebook. Facebook had already warned the administrators of Nicolas Maduro’s account in the past that he had broken the rules. In February, Nicolas Maduro had also criticized the social network, denouncing the “censorship” by Facebook of a video evoking the Carvativir:
12 million content removed
Facebook ensures that it is attacking “publications that contain misleading, false or unfounded health-related claims, including those that ensure that a product can offer 100% prevention or immunity or can cure the disease. virus ”. The company’s automatic systems have removed more than 12 million misleading content about Covid-19 or vaccines since the start of the pandemic, according to Facebook.
Venezuela (33 million inhabitants) has so far recorded around 150,000 declared cases of Covid contamination and 1,500 deaths, according to official figures, disputed by the opposition. The authorities are now worried about the recent increase in the number of new cases and in particular the appearance of the Brazilian strain of the virus.
Venezuela launched a vaccination campaign against Covid in February with the Russian Sputnik V and Chinese Sinopharm vaccines and must also receive 60,000 doses of Cuban vaccines. However, it was decided not to authorize the AstraZeneca vaccine due to possible side effects.
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