Coronavirus

Twitter Removed Over 1,100 Tweets Since Putting New Rules in Place for Covid-19

More than 1.5 million accounts have been challenged

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Twitter is following through on the policy change it enacted last month to remove tweets that increase the chance of someone contracting or transmitting the coronavirus.

The social network said in a Twitter Safety tweet that over 1,100 tweets containing misleading and potentially harmful content have been removed, and over 1.5 million accounts targeting manipulative discussions about Covid-19 have been challenged.

While Twitter’s ban hammer has yet to come down on President Donald Trump despite several tweets that appear to violate the social network’s policies, it has claimed some high-profile victims.