Since COVID-19 broke out, the social media giants have been telling the public they are working hard to stop the viral spread of misinformation and baseless conspiracy theories. 

Twitter deleted tweets from the Brazilian President who had said hydroxychloroquine was “totally effective” against COVID-19 and encouraging Brazilians to ignore social distancing advice.

Twitter’s rival Facebook say it’s also investing in fact-checkers and sending alerts to users if they interacted with information that was later labelled as false.

However, Facebook is apparently fine with paid advertising telling people to drink bleach.