Twitter has banned 5G conspiracy theorists from sharing harmful misinformation
Twitter has updated its coronavirus guidelines, stating it will remove unverified claims that cause “widespread panic” or encourage people to act on conspiracy theories, after phone masts across the U.K. were set alight following bogus claims about 5G.The social media platform said on Wednesday that content such as “5G causes coronavirus! Go destroy the cell towers in your neighborhood!” would violate their policy and be removed.
Tweets that also violate the policy by causing “widespread panic,” including content such as “The National Guard just announced that no more shipments of food will be arriving for two months! Run to the grocery store and buy everything!” will also be deleted. However, the platform stopped short of saying it would take down coronavirus misinformation altogether.
“As we’ve said previously, we will not take enforcement action on every Tweet that contains incomplete or disputed information about COVID-19,” a spokesperson
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