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Twitter quietly removed its ban on COVID-19 misinformation last week

Since January 2020, Twitter’s internal statistics cite over 11,000 accounts suspensions and nearly 100,000 post removals for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. Examples included erroneously promoting ivermectin as a viable alternative COVID-19 treatment and spreading conspiracy theories such as claims that vaccines contained 5G microchips. Last week, Twitter quietly ended its pandemic misinformation moderation policy. Although the policy […]

Twitter overwhelmed by NSFW spam during protests in China

As a wave of unprecedented citizen protests over China’s revived “zero COVID” response spread throughout major cities, so did an overwhelming flood of “Not Safe For Work” (NSFW) spam posts from what appear to be countless, long-dormant Twitter bot accounts. First highlighted by multiple security researchers over the weekend and subsequently confirmed by The Washington […]

Former Twitter employees warn of platform’s imminent collapse

Twitter’s basic functionalities may not last through the end of the month due to unaddressed glitches, disorganization, and an overall devastating attrition of employees, according to sources familiar with the matter. Experts and former employees warn that Twitter may become unrecognizable and unusable in a matter of weeks. The estimate comes from numerous former company […]