Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz published a report Tuesday warning that Twitter's removal of its COVID misinformation policy would lead to 'more deaths.'
Twitter’s official announcement ending the policy stated,"Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy."
Lorenz began her post with experts decrying the move,"Twitter will no longer enforce its policy against coronavirus misinformation, worrying experts who say the move could have serious consequences in the midst of a still-deadly pandemic." Lorenz has been critical of Musk’s handling of the social media platform, recently claiming the billionaire CEO hasIn her story, Lorenz cited Emily Dreyfuss, the co-author of"Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America" who said,"During the pandemic, social media companies finally realized misinformation is a life-or-death issue because medical misinformation about covid had such dire consequences it could not be ignored.
Lorenz quoted Max Jordan Nguemeni, a resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, who said,"A lot of what I do when I offer vaccines is combating disinformation. The spread of misinformation online on platforms people rely on for news, like Twitter, worries me, especially when I think about my patients who are more vulnerable, older or not English-speaking."
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