Twitter begins labeling 'wrong information about the new coronavirus vaccine'

Twitter announced in December 2020 that it would 'remove incorrect information about the new coronavirus vaccine,' but from March 1, 2021, a new label for incorrect information about the new coronavirus vaccine. The attachment has started. At the same time, a 'strike system' has been announced that suspends accounts according to the number of times they are labeled.

Updates to our work on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Twitter started deleting 'Delete misleading information about the new corona virus vaccine' from December 21, 2020, and by March 1, 2021, deleted more than 8400 tweets and 11.5 million We have issued a warning to the above accounts.

Newly, Twitter announced that from March 1, 2021, 'potentially misleading information about the new coronavirus vaccine' will be labeled based on

Beginning today, we will label Tweets that may contain misleading information around COVID-19 vaccinations. This is in addition to our ongoing efforts to remove the most harmful COVID-19 misleading information from Twitter.

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— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) March 1, 2021

The types of posts that are subject to labeling are broadly divided into 'posting incorrect information about viruses', 'posting incorrect information about the effectiveness and safety of treatment methods and preventive measures', and 'regulations / restrictions by public institutions'. -Posting incorrect information regarding exemption, 'Posting incorrect information regarding the risk of virus infection / death', and 'Posting disseminating information about the virus by pretending to be a doctor or public health authority'. The detection of these posts will be done by utilizing both automatic detection using language processing by machine learning and human review. Twitter says, 'It takes a lot of time for machine learning to be effective. Therefore, we will first label English posts and gradually expand the supported languages.'

At the same time, Twitter also announced a strike system that suspends accounts depending on the number of times the policy is violated. In the strike system, '1 strike: no account suspension measures' '2 strikes: 12 hours account suspension' '3 strikes: 12 hours account suspension' '4 strikes: 7 days account suspension' '5 strikes or more: account suspension' 'Permanent suspension of' and the account suspension measures are taken in stages, and finally the account is permanently suspended.

In addition, Instagram and Facebook also announced in February 2021 that they will ' ban an account that spreads false information on the new coronavirus vaccine.'

Instagram and Facebook announce that they will ban accounts that spread false information about the new corona vaccine --GIGAZINE