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Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation – research shows this is a grave risk to public health

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageThe restraints on COVID-19 misinformation on Twitter are off.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Twitter’s decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the site’s rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022, has researchers and experts in public health seriously concerned about the possible repercussions.

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