The move also comes amid concerns of Twitter's ability to fight disinformation after it let go about half of its staff, including those involved in content moderation, under new boss Elon Musk.
Twitter has rolled back a policy that was aimed at tackling disinformation related to COVID-19 on the social media platform, lending itself to the risk of a potential surge in false claims even as cases rise in China and some parts of the world.
“Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” according to The specific measures that Twitter will drop were not immediately clear, and the company did not immediately respond to a request to share more information.
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