Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy
, but this indicates that the company won't suspend further users or delete content including falsehoods about the coronavirus or vaccines.
Twitter started cracking down on COVID-19 misinformation in January 2020, as the disease began spreading worldwide. The social network has since banned over 11,200 accounts, pulled over 97,600 examples of false content and"challenged" 11.7 million accounts through efforts like warning labels. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy evento the company's policy as an example of how other technology platforms could fight bogus medical claims.
The company has effectively disbanded its communications team and isn't available for comment. However, Musk has routinely voiced his opposition to bans and some COVID-19 safety measures. Teslaby keeping factories open despite shelter-in-place orders. Musk also insisted during an April 2020 earnings call that these lockdowns were"forcibly imprisoning people," and threatened to move Tesla's headquarters from California to Texas in response.
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