(CNN) Twitter restricted Donald Trump Jr.'s ability to tweet after he posted a video featuring a doctor making false claims about coronavirus cures and stating that people "don't need masks" to prevent the virus from spreading, a Twitter spokesperson said Tuesday. Some of the account's functionality, including the ability to tweet, will be limited for 12 hours, the spokesperson said. Twitter TWTR Facebook FB and YouTube removed the video after it started to go viral. President Donald Trump also retweeted multiple versions of the video on Twitter, but he did not upload a version of the video to the site. His son did, which is why Twitter only took action against Trump Jr.'s account, a company spokesperson said.

Source: CNN July 28, 2020 14:04 UTC