Twitter drop Covid-19 misinformation policy as Elon Musk once more leads the platform’s ‘free speech’ charge

Elon Musk’s move to make his new Twitter platform a place where free speech is welcomed have now seen a change to one of its most important policies during the Covid-19 pandemic. The company’s previous policy to screen and band “harmful misinformation” regarding vaccinations and conspiracy theories about the virus has now been dropped, it has emerged.

The move was noticed by Twitter users in a very brief note on the company’s transparency website, offering no explanation on the thought process behind the move. Their message simply reads “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy”, ironically on the very same page that touts Twitter “helping people find reliable information, connect with others, and follow what’s happening in real time.”