Surabian then accused the platform of interfering in the upcoming presidential election."Big Tech is the biggest threat to free expression in America today & they're continuing to engage in open election interference - full stop," he wrote.The President's son is now sharing the viral misinfo video denouncing supposed "fake doctors" and saying "you don't need a mask." pic.twitter.com/RJIx1CDnYh
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 28, 2020
Despite also sharing the video, the president's account was not affected. When asked why, a Twitter spokesperson said “The president did not tweet the video in question, he retweeted it. Therefore, the account owner of the tweet he retweeted will face enforcement action,” according to the Huffington Post.Trump Jr.'s partial suspension will only last for a 12 hour period.This is not the first time the Trump family has had issues with the social media platform. Back in May, the platform hit one of the president's posts with a fact-checking label after he tweeted about mail-in ballots.According to Trump's original tweet, "there is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged and even illegally printed out and fraudulently signed." The president went on to say that "This will be a Rigged Election."In a link on the fact-checking label, Twitter wrote that "Trump falsely claimed that mail-in ballots would lead to 'a Rigged Election.' However, fact-checkers say there is no evidence that mail-in ballots are linked to voter fraud."Trump then accused Twitter, and by extension Big Tech as a whole, of election interference, and threatened to crack down on social media.Omri Nahmias and Reuters contributed to this report.BREAKING: @Twitter & @jack have suspended @DonaldJTrumpJr for posting a viral video of medical doctors talking about Hydroxychloroquine.Big Tech is the biggest threat to free expression in America today & they're continuing to engage in open election interference - full stop. pic.twitter.com/7dJbauq43O
— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) July 28, 2020