Article contentForbes magazine reports that the Twitter account of Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate who died from coronavirus on July 30, tweeted claims that the virus is “not as deadly” as “mainstream media” would have people believe. The tweet has since been deleted, but for weeks Cain’s tweets from “beyond the grave” have raised concerns about Twitter’s handling of “dead” accounts. Try refreshing your browser, or Herman Cain's Twitter says COVID-19 ‘not as deadly’ as media implies. Many Twitter users pointed out the oddity of a comment about coronavirus being “not as deadly” coming from the account of a man who actually died from it. According to Twitter, the “verified” status is used to indicate that an account is authentic.

Source: National Post September 01, 2020 19:04 UTC