Twitter Quietly Removes Its Covid-19 Misinformation Policy

The misleading information policy used to prevent users from spreading misinformation. Over 11,000 users were banned under the platform's previous policy, and nearly 100,000 posts were removed because they included covid misinformation.

Some accounts that were suspended or banned for various policy violations have been restored by Musk. After losing her personal account for posting false information, congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was allowed to have it back recently. On January 2, 2022, they violated my freedom of speech and ability to campaign and raise money, according to her official representative account. My account is no longer inactive. Follow Mtgreenee for MTG.

The policy change was not announced, but users noticed a note on the website that said the policy had been lifted. The note said that the COVID-19 misleading information policy would no longer be enforced by the social network.

The update read, "As the global community faces the COVID-19 Pandemic together, Twitter is helping people find reliable information, connect with others, and follow what's happening in real-time"

It seems that the communications department is no longer a part of the company.

The strike policy and covid-19 policy were put in place in April 2020. Accounts with two and three strikes would be locked for 12 hours, four strikes would result in a 7-day lock, and accounts with five or more strikes would have their account permanently suspended.

In the early days of the Pandemic, Musk wrote that covid-19 was dumb and that children couldn't contract it. This was found to be not true.

The elderly with existing conditions are vulnerable, but kids are immune. Family gatherings with close contact between kids and grandparents are riskier. Musk's account was allowed to stay on the platform despite the rules being broken.

The policy change came after Musk laid off half of the company's staff.

The majority of content moderation is being done by everyday users. The Community Notes feature has been updated. There is a crowd-sourced fact-checking system where users can vote on whether a note is useful or if context is needed. Users are able to vote on the quality of the note with the update. An attempt was made to identify posts and users who often contribute to low quality notes.