Twitter censored COVID-19 discourse
- Driven by a pervasive fear of "misinformation" combined with unrelenting pressure from government officials, Twitter embarked on a heavy censorship campaign, suppressing entire narratives in the crucial early first year of the pandemic and presenting a largely one-sided interpretation of the COVID crisis that left little room for dissent.
- The Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes
After Elon Musk bought Twitter
- Kulldorff noticed a change in how his account was treated
Twitter’s censorship crusade may have been driven not just by internal moderators and government pressure but by assistance from scientists looking to squelch alternative COVID views.
- Were other scientists involved in urging Twitter to censor their fellow scientists who had a different opinion?
- The company ceased enforcement of its COVID-19 "misinformation" policy last month
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