No action will be taken against accounts that post misinformation on the social networking site. Instead of announcing the change, the platform added a note to the pages that outlined its misleading information policy.
The policies were put in place in 2020 and began applying labels to the information on the internet. If a person continuously broke the rules, the platform would permanently suspend their account. A total of 11,230 accounts have been suspended by the company since January 2020.
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Last week, users were asked if they wanted to give general amnesty to accounts that have not broken the law. Musk said that he would start reinstating suspended accounts this week.
About 62,000 accounts with more than 10,000 followers, including one account that has over 5 million followers, are being brought back by Musk. It is not clear if Musk will restore the accounts that have been suspended.
One of the biggest challenges addressed by Community Notes users is covid misinformation. The notes won't be affected by the policy change, as the platform says they "do not representTwitter's viewpoint and cannot be edited or modified"
The Oversight Board has been asked to decide if Meta should change its policies. Meta's policies have been reviewed by the Oversight Board, but they haven't come to a decision.
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