It looks like Twitter users are finally able to speak openly about COVID-19 on the platform without having to worry about censorship.
Twitter has ended its COVID-19 Misleading Information policy.
Last night, Twitter users noticed that the change had been implemented on November 23. They had seen a post on the “transparency” page of the company’s website which said: “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misinformation policy.”
“Wow! Five days ago, too! How did Team Reality miss this? This is the most consequential win for free speech yet. Thanks @elonmusk,” Alex Berenson added.
From Wood House:
My apologies for two Substack posts in one night, but it appears Twitter’s Covid-19 Misleading Information Policy has been removed. Likewise, the page is no longer connected to the company’s “How We Address Misinformation on Twitter” page.
Here’s the link to copy/paste and check for yourself. https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/medical-misinformation-policy
If I’m not mistaken, the link was still active this morning when I checked it.
Wayback Machine’s last capture of the policy was November 26th. (See a previous version of the “How We Address…” page here.)
This is the same policy under which my account (@ewoodhouse7) was “permanently suspended” in July. The company claimed my direct-quote from and link to Wall Street Journal article by Allysia Finley constituted *medical misinformation* and subsequently denied all of my appeals.
Between January 2020 and September 2022, Twitter suspended more than 11,200 accounts for breaking their policy as well as removing nearly 100,000 pieces of content.
