{"id":1755781,"date":"2022-11-29T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755781"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:02:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:02:55","slug":"twitter-dropped-its-covid-misinformation-policy-but-no-one-noticed-until-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-dropped-its-covid-misinformation-policy-but-no-one-noticed-until-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Dropped Its COVID \u2018Misinformation\u2019 Policy, But No One Noticed Until Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-dropped-its-covid-misinformation-policy-but-no-one-noticed-until-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Twitter dropped its policies about COVID-19 misinformation last week, but no one noticed until now.<\/p>\n<p>According to an update note posted on Twitter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2020\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/transparency.twitter.com\/en\/reports\/covid19.html#2021-jul-dec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transparency report<\/a>,\u201d as of November 23, the platform is no longer enforcing policies it used to combat \u201cmisleading information\u201d during the COVID pandemic. But there was no formal announcement of a policy change; news broke Tuesday when several conservative users posted screenshots of the updated policy. The policy change is the latest move in Elon Musk\u2019s effort to reform Twitter into a \u201cfree speech\u201d platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,\u201d the note reads.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives shared screenshots of the updated policy Tuesday, and celebrated the change by posting facts about COVID-19 that were once deemed \u201cmisinformation\u201d by Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally. The truth is that almost everything @twitter labeled as covid misinformation ended up being true,\u201d Outkick founder Clay Travis commented on a screenshot of the policy note.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally. The truth is that almost everything <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twitter<\/a> labeled as covid misinformation ended up being true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8VxeZgbHgv\">pic.twitter.com\/8VxeZgbHgv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1597596414561095681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c@elonmusk has officially put an end to Twitter\u2019s medical censorship \ud83d\udc4f,\u201d technology researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrEliDavid\/status\/1597536315423457281?s=20&#038;t=TxR1ROWo6Uo8rF4sG9tl8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Eli David<\/a> applauded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeez, now when the Biden Administration and CNN share Covid misinformation we\u2019ll have no idea!\u201d Rubin Report host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubinReport\/status\/1597574030256930817?s=20&#038;t=F6_qBW60shbXpdpI60V1dQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Rubin<\/a> joked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[S]poiler: there was never Covid misinformation, just information Twitter agreed to censor,\u201d Grabien founder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1597593676703846400?s=20&#038;t=UeepoQqiCU8HYr2bBX462w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Elliott<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that Twitter stopped enforcing its COVID \u2018misinformation\u2019 policies, I can finally tell you that the vaccine doesn\u2019t work, masks are useless, &#038; the lockdowns did more harm than good,\u201d conservative podcast host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scrowder\/status\/1597687514848190464?s=20&#038;t=ca8H21OD2DWbG9o16lcUwQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Crowder<\/a> commented. \u201cThank you for coming to my TED talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, that Twitter ended \u2018Covid misinformation\u2019 policies, let\u2019s review the Experts\u2122 misinformation,\u201d journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1597612519686041601?s=20&#038;t=za51WHrk5K0uAwpqeV1GHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Becker<\/a> tweeted. \u201c1. 15 days to slow the spread 2. Masks work 3. Lockdowns work 4. Natural immunity is a myth 5. mRNA shots are vaccines 6. Covid shots stop transmission 7. \u2018100% safe &#038; effective.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/29\/tech\/twitter-covid-misinformation-policy\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, between January 2020 and September 2022, the platform suspended more than 11,000 accounts and took down more than 100,000 individual posts for violating the misinformation policy. Notable users suspended included Republican Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, journalist Alex Berenson, mRNA vaccine researcher Dr. Robert Malone, cardiologist Dr. Peter McCollough, and former San Francisco Giants player Aubrey Huff.<\/p>\n<p>The day after Twitter announced the policy change, CEO Elon Musk announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-announces-blanket-amnesty-for-suspended-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blanket amnesty<\/a> for users suspended from the platform. On November 23, Musk tweeted a poll asking whether or not to unban users that had been permanently suspended. \u201cShould Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>More than three million users voted in the poll, and the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of amnesty; nearly three-quarters of voters, 72.4%, voted \u201cyes,\u201d while just 27.6% voted \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people have spoken,\u201d Musk wrote after the poll concluded. \u201cAmnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of this week, Twitter has begun the process of reinstating some 62,000 accounts with more than 10,000 followers to platform, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platformer.news\/p\/why-some-tech-ceos-are-rooting-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Platformer<\/a> newsletter reported. The identities of users were not available, but the list included one account with more than 5 million followers and 75 accounts with more than 1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter dropped its policies about COVID-19 misinformation last week, but no one noticed until now. According to an update note posted on Twitter\u2019s blog and \u201ctransparency report,\u201d as of November 23, the platform is no longer enforcing policies it used to combat \u201cmisleading information\u201d during the COVID pandemic. 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