Status: 11/29/2022 6:28 p.m
Twitter has removed more than 100,000 posts in recent years because they contained false information about the corona pandemic. Under his new boss Musk, the social network has now stopped again.
After being taken over by billionaire Elon Musk, Twitter no longer takes action against misinformation in the context of the corona pandemic. The corresponding measures were already stopped on Wednesday last week, as if from a Announcement on the Twitter website emerges.
The social network had established rules in 2020 to stop the spread of false and misleading information about the virus and vaccines. At the time, Twitter pointed to the danger for people who use unscientific treatment methods or who could do without vaccinations.
More than 11,000 accounts blocked
Overall, more than 100,000 posts have been removed and over 11,000 accounts banned for violating the rules, according to earlier reports. The procedure was criticized above all from the right-wing political camp in the USA.
Musk himself downplayed the 2020 pandemic. He also criticized the lockdowns, which temporarily stopped production at the main plant of his electric car manufacturer Tesla. According to his own statements, the 51-year-old had contracted Covid twice.
Most recently, Musk has started allowing accounts that have been banned on Twitter again. The entrepreneur bought Twitter for the equivalent of around 44 billion euros and took it over in October.