One month without the right to publish.
This is how Facebook has punished the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, for considering that the Chavista leader has spread false content about COVID-19 and how to treat the disease.
The social network did not remove Maduro's page, but froze it for 30 days.
During this period, users who follow you will only be able to read the previous content of the account, but nothing new can be published from it.
The measure was adopted after the leader published a video last January in which he assured that a supposed drug called Carvativir is effective in fighting the coronavirus.
The Carvativir
has
also
received the nickname of “
José Gregorio Hernández
miraculous drops” in Venezuela
, in honor of a 19th century Venezuelan doctor who is about to be beatified by the Vatican.
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Facebook has also removed the video from Maduro's official page, "for violating policies against disinformation about COVID-19 that could put people at risk of harm," a company spokesperson told Efe news agency.
He added that the decision to freeze the page is due to "repeated violations of the rules" of Facebook.
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Although there is no evidence that it is effective and safe against the disease, this alleged remedy extracted from thyme has been disseminated by the Venezuelan government as a cure against COVID-19 and has been incorporated as a complementary treatment to patients, including to those within vulnerable populations such as prisons.
Although he has not presented scientific evidence to support Carvativir, the president has ordered its distribution throughout the country and its free marketing in pharmacies.
The Pan American Health Organization and the Venezuelan National Academy of Medicine have asked the Government
to publish studies that prove the effectiveness, but this has not happened.
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Maduro has previously defended himself against questions about the product.
“A brutal campaign against Carvativir has been unleashed.
It is an antiviral, it helps as an antiviral to stop, to neutralize the coronavirus cell.
Ten goths under the tongue every four hours and the miracle is done ”, he said.
After taking the measure, Facebook claimed in a statement to the Reuters agency: "We follow the World Health Organization's guide that says that there are currently no drugs to cure the virus."
According to official figures from Venezuela, as of Friday the country registered 154,905 cases of coronavirus and 1,543 deaths.
However, critics of the regime say the true figure is likely much higher, due to limited testing for the virus.