After changing its rules, Twitter is cracking down on COVID-19 misinformation from prominent accounts, including Brazilian President Bolsonaro and Rudy Giuliani
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/...
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/...
Update: Facebook has joined Twitter in removing content from the president of Brazil pushing misinformation about the coronavirus: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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/...
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/ ...
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/...