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Twitter announced that it has stopped implementing a policy aimed at preventing the spread of misinformation about COVID-19and its new owner, Elon Musk, continues to review its content moderation policy.
The move comes after the mogul, who was already at odds with US authorities over pandemic safety regulations, reinstated a number of social media accounts that had previously been banned for content violations, such as the former president’s account. Donald Trump.
“Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter will cease its misleading policy regarding COVID-19,” the post reads. a message posted on the Twitter transparency web page.
What policy did Twitter apply?
During the pandemic, Twitter has dedicated itself to labeling misleading tweets about the coronavirus and kicking out users who persist in spreading such misinformation.
According to the Twitter blog, the banned content included statements designed to get people to violate health authorities’ guidelines, as well as false medicines or scientific denials.
As of September this year, Twitter has suspended 11,230 accounts under this policy, according to the blog.
musk, which also manages Tesla, clashed with authorities in 2020 over pandemic safety orders that temporarily closed the electric vehicle giant’s plant in California, calling stay-at-sight orders “fascist” and “outrageous” that violate personal freedom.
Under command Muskwho calls himself an “absolutist of free speech” Twitter started to restore some 62000 accounts in what is called internally” big Bang”, reports the news blog Platformer.
Since taking over the platform last month, Musk has laid off about half of Twitter’s workforce, including many employees dedicated to combating disinformation, and an unknown number have left voluntarily.
Musk’s approach has scared away the company’s main source of income: advertisers.
In recent weeks, half of the top 100 Twitter advertisers have said they are ending or “apparently ending ads on Twitter,” according to an analysis by the nonprofit watchdog group. Media matters.
(According to AFP)
Source: RPP
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