Twitter will no longer stop users from spreading false information about the Covid-19 virus or vaccines —which had led to more than 11,000 account suspensions since 2020 — according to an update on its content moderation policies.
Elon Musk has fired huge swaths of the company, including thousands of contract and full-time employees who were responsible for content moderation. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesTwitter will no longer stop users from spreading false information about the Covid-19 virus or vaccines, according to an update on its content moderation policies.
It’s another major shift under new owner Elon Musk, who has pressed for “free speech” above all else on the platform. Twitter’s Covid-19 misinformation page, the platform would no longer enforce its policies against spreading misleading information on the virus and vaccines — which had led to more than 11,000 account suspensions since 2020.
Since his takeover, Musk has fired huge swaths of the company, including thousands of contract and full-time employees who were responsible for content moderation. At the same time, several top executives overseeing content moderation policies and enforcement, including Twitter’s former head of Trust and Safety, Yoel Roth, have left the company.
While Twitter never formally announced the change, Twitter users noticed the policy update on Monday night, and it was
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