Twitter will force users to delete tweets that deny “expert guidance” about coronavirus

Twitter has announced that it will be cracking down on coronavirus conversations and forcing users to remove tweets that deny “expert guidance.”

In a blog post and series of tweets about the changes, Twitter wrote that some tweets that tell people to “ignore news about COVID-19” and joke about the coronavirus will be removed.

https://twitter.com/twittersafety/status/1240418440982040579

The post states that tweets containing phrases such as “social distancing is not effective” and “ignore news about COVID-19, it’s just an attempt to destroy capitalism by crashing the stock market” will require removal under these new rules.

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