After changing its rules, Twitter is cracking down on COVID-19 misinformation from prominent accounts, including Brazilian President Bolsonaro and Rudy Giuliani
Axios Ina Fried
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Discussion
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@domphillips
Dom Phillips
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Facebook and Instagram have removed a Bolsonaro video from his Sunday walkabout. “We remove content on Facebook and Instagram that violates our Community Standards, which do not allow misinformation that could lead to physical harm,” spokesman said. https://twitter.com/...
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@willcarless
Will Carless
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Wow. Facebook cut the Brazilian president's livestream off because it was a stream of disinformation. https://twitter.com/...
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@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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And earlier today, Twitter deleted Bolsonaro tweets. This is a defining moment: companies willing to shut down disinfo from world leaders if they have the World Health Organization to back them up on what counts as harmful https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@scottlucas
Scott Lucas
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Update: Facebook has joined Twitter in removing content from the president of Brazil pushing misinformation about the coronavirus: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@jesselehrich
Jesse Lehrich
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huge. now that both facebook & twitter have removed disinfo from Bolsonaro, there's no excuse for not applying the same standards to Trump. https://twitter.com/...
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@jenny8lee
@jenny8lee
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Twitter's deletion of hydroxychloroquine Tweets by Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, and U.S. Rudy Giuliuani sets notable precedent on platforms taking a stance on ground truth. Trump's tweets still up, skirts the line. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
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Twitter spox confirms this tweet “fell under” its rules governing “misleading information around COVID-19” and Ingraham had to delete it in order to regain access to her account. https://twitter.com/...
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@kfile
@kfile
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Rudy Giuliani, Charlie Kirk, and now Laura Ingraham have been forced to delete tweets by Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
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@ow
@ow
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This is meaningless until Twitter actually provides a way to report tweets for misinformation - which *still* isn't possible https://www.axios.com/...
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@charlesarthur
Charles Arthur
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Well now. Precedent has been set for deleting a head of state's tweets. Let's see how this proceeds. https://twitter.com/...