Healthcare Innovation November 29, 2022
Janette Wider

Twitter has stopped labeling posts that contain misinformation about COVID-19—the organization did not make a formal announcement but its website states that the organization is no longer enforcing its COVID-19 misleading information policy

A Nov. 29 article from CNN by Donie O’Sullivan reported that Twitter is no longer labeling posts that contain misinformation about COVID-19 and supplying legitimate information.

O’Sullivan writes that “Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding COVID misinformation policy, yet another sign of how Elon Musk plans to transform the social media company he bought a month ago.”

In 2020, Twitter implemented rules that aimed to stop “harmful misinformation” about COVID and vaccines.

“Between January 2020 and September 2022, Twitter suspended more than 11,000 accounts...

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