Twitter abolishes 'harmful misinformation' policy on new corona, new corona vaccine conspiracy theory OK



Twitter has been working on its own policies to freeze accounts and remove harmful content to prevent the spread of misinformation about the new coronavirus. However, it has become clear that this policy has been quietly abolished, and there is concern that vaccine-related conspiracy theories may spread on Twitter.

Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy | CNN Business
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/29/tech/twitter-covid-misinformation-policy/

Musk's Twitter abandons COVID misinfo policy, shirking “huge responsibility” | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/musks-twitter-abandons-covid-misinfo-policy-shirking-huge-responsibility/

Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/twitter-ends-covid-misinformation-policy-cc232c9ce0f193c505bbc63bf57ecad6

In December 2020, about a year after the start of the new coronavirus pandemic, Twitter announced that it would revise its policy on the new coronavirus to remove misinformation about the new coronavirus vaccine.

Twitter announces that it will remove misinformation about the new coronavirus vaccine-GIGAZINE



Between January 2020 and September 2022, Twitter suspended 11,000 accounts that violated its COVID-19 misinformation policy and deleted nearly 100,000 tweets that violated the policy. announced. In addition, Twitter's new coronavirus misinformation policy has been highly evaluated by medical experts and others, and Vivek Murthy, the US Surgeon General, said that Twitter is a model example for companies to fight misinformation. We applaud your COVID-19 misinformation policy.

However, Twitter's new coronavirus misinformation policy page was quietly updated, saying, ``As of November 23, 2022, Twitter will no longer enforce policies to crack down on misleading information about the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). It became clear that the policy was abolished.

COVID-19 - Twitter Transparency Center
https://transparency.twitter.com/en/reports/covid19.html#2021-jul-dec



In addition, Twitter's mask CEO tweeted in March 2020 that `` the pandemic of the new coronavirus is ridiculous '' and that `` children are inherently immune to the new coronavirus '' and related to the new coronavirus. He tweeted misinformation and then posted a tweet supporting a vaccine for the new coronavirus.




'Twitter said its long-standing coronavirus misinformation policy will no longer be enforced,' CNN said. It's one of the new signs showing.'

In addition, it is pointed out that Twitter is likely to be subject to lawsuits and regulations due to the abolition of the policy, and that major pharmaceutical companies that have posted advertisements on Twitter will suffer damage.




'It's not surprising,' said Marc Burrows, a reporter for The Guardian. 'Twitter has literally laid off a team with expertise in combating COVID-19 misinformation. We have abandoned such organizational knowledge,” he criticized.




There are also voices that Mr. Musk may revive an account that Twitter has frozen for violating the new coronavirus misinformation policy.



In response, 'As someone who has seen many friends and family members die from the new coronavirus, I want to say fuck Elon Musk. The new coronavirus is real. This is not a hoax. This is not some kind of conspiracy, many people died because they believed misinformation or did not believe real medical professionals.”




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