Twitter to block users tweeting misinformation about Covid-19 vaccine
Twitter has announced to
label Tweets that may contain misleading information around Covid vaccinations and will permanently
suspend repeated offenders.
The
micro-blogging platform has introduced a strike system against such misleading
tweets and five or more strikes will result in permanent suspension of the
account.
"We
believe the strike system will help to educate the public on our policies and
further reduce the spread of potentially harmful and misleading information on
Twitter, particularly for repeated moderate and high-severity violations of our
rules," the company said in a statement late on Monday.
Since
introducing the Covid-19 guidance, Twitter said it has removed more than 8,400
Tweets and challenged 11.5 million accounts worldwide.
While one
strike will cause no account-level action, two strikes will lead to a 12-hour
account lock; three strikes in another 12-hour account lock; four strikes in a
7-day account lock and five or more strikes means permanent suspension of the
account. Read More
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