In a recent update to its website, Twitter said that effective Nov. 23, it is no longer enforcing its COVID-19 misleading information policy
that it would begin to label and remove misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines as thousands of accounts made false claims about the coronavirus and the adverse impacts of immunizations.has been a vocal critic of how health officials reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. He said during the company's first-quarter 2020 earnings call that the stay-at-home orders were"forcibly imprisoning people in their homes against all their constitutional rights.
Musk has committed to free speech on Twitter, which might partially explain why the change was enacted. But have contended his approach has led to an increase in hate speech, harassment and misinformation on the platform.advertisers to pause advertising on Twitter after the company laid off thousands of employees, a move the groups feared would impede the company's ability to moderate hateful and other problematic content.
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