Twitter is no longer enforcing its policy against misleading information about COVID-19, per an update posted to an official company blog page.
Reuters spotted the change earlier — which said the change was effective as of last Wednesday.
“Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” the social media company writes in a brief grey-on-grey note on a company webpage that’s still emblazoned with the title: “Coronavirus: Staying safe and informed on Twitter”.
No explanation was given by Twitter for the policy change.
Under its prior COVID-19 misinformation policy the company had said it would remove “demonstrably false or potentially misleading content that has the highest risk of causing harm”.
Grey on grey update freezing enforcement of Twitter’s COVID-19 misleading information policy (Screengrab: Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
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