Published 1 year ago

Twitter quietly drops policy preventing sharing of COVID-19 misinformation

Summary by Ground News

Twitter has quietly dropped its policy preventing the sharing of false or misleading information about COVID-19. Under the policy, tweets containing misleading information about the disease could be given a label including corrective information about the claim. The change comes after Elon Musk laid off half of Twitter's workforce when he took over the company, with those responsible for content moderation among the teams hit.

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Times of India

Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy

By Tuesday, some Twitter accounts were testing the new boundaries and celebrating the platform's hands-off approach, which comes after Twitter was purchased by Elon Musk.

1 year ago·India

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BBC News

Twitter ends Covid misinformation rules under Musk

The Twitter website says it stopped enforcing its misleading information policy on 23 November.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Twitter Rolls Back Covid Misinformation Policy

At the onset of COVID in 2020, Twitter instated a number of measures including labels and warning messages on tweets with disputed information about the health crisis and a framework to have users remove tweets that advanced harmfully false claims related to vaccines.

1 year ago·India

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The Guardian

Concern as Twitter stops enforcing policy against Covid-19 misinformation

Unannounced change in rules was made last week as health experts stress importance of combating disinformation

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy

Twitter's decision to no longer remove false claims about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines disappointed many public health officials.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy

Twitter will no longer enforce its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, raising concerns among public health experts that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.

1 year ago·Canada

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