TWITTER ERUPTS AFTER ELON MUSK MOCKS CNN

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Elon Musk has wasted little time making his mark on Twitter since he took over last month.

On Tuesday, Fox Business quoted Twitter’s official announcement ending the policy, which stated, “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.”

The piece stated, “Additionally, the COVID-19 policy is no longer listed on Twitter’s, “How we address misinformation on Twitter” explainer, and the URL for the misinformation policy now redirects to Twitter’s Help Center.”

The previous policy, enacted in March 2020, announced that Twitter posts going against “authoritative sources” on COVID-19 would be removed. As such, over 11,000 Twitter accounts have been suspended in the last two years for violating the policy.

Media spotted the change in policy several days after it went buy phone number list into effect. CNN reported on it Tuesday morning, with a piece headlined, “Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy, yet another sign of how Elon Musk plans to transform the social media company he bought a month ago.”

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Prominent liberals on Twitter expressed shock and dismay over reports of the reversal.

Hollywood screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer shared the CNN report, commenting, “What kind of S*** headline is this, CNN? How about ‘Dangerously amplifying lies that may cost lives…’?”

BBC freelance reporter Euan MacDonald commented on the serious nature of the change, tweeting, “This is an international health issue.”

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar tweeted about the policy change, writing, “Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy that was once hailed by the Surgeon General as an example of what companies should do to combat misinformation.”