Facebook Freezes Maduro’s Page Over COVID-19 Misinformation

Facebook Freezes Maduro’s Page Over COVID-19 Misinformation
A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of displayed coronavirus disease words in this illustration taken on March 24, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Reuters
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CARACAS—Facebook has frozen Venezuelan regime leader Nicolas Maduro’s page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19 by promoting a remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease, a company spokesman said on Saturday.

Maduro in January described Carvativir, an oral solution derived from thyme, as a “miracle” medication that neutralizes the coronavirus with no side effects, a claim doctors say is not backed by science.