Twitter has said it will resume accounts that repeatedly post erroneous information about Covid-19 vaccines.
The social media platform said it will not hesitate to permanently suspend those who post blatantly misleading information about the pandemic and the various vaccines that have been created to combat it and will tag tweets to better inform users.
Similar to the line they adopted with former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims about election fraud following his loss in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
They will use a combination of automated and human reviewers to identify and label fake publications about coronavirus vaccines.
Those who choose to post dubious information on several occasions may be scheduled for the seven-day ban initially, but those who receive five or more “strikes” will be removed from the social media platform.
In a statement to the media, they wrote: “As health authorities deepen their understanding of COVID-19 and vaccination programs around the world, we will continue to expand the most up-to-date, up-to-date and authoritative information.”
This latest move follows his announcement in December last year that the misinformation surrounding vaccines would be removed from the platform.
There is a growing upward trend in vaccine skepticism worldwide, with more than 15% of Americans saying they “definitely won’t” receive one of three vaccines offered in a recent survey. of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
So far, the United States has administered nearly 77 doses of the Modern and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines that have been approved and a third single-dose injection from Johnson & Johnson was approved on Saturday.
The chief medical officer of the President of the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has said that up to 90% of the American population must be vaccinated to achieve the herd’s immunity.
This means that there is a long way to go and that the number of people who intend to reject a puncture is increasing.
That’s probably why Twitter has decided to step in to remove some of the misleading information that could change people’s opinions online.
The most comprehensive study conducted in the UK showed that 72% of people are willing to be vaccinated, with 16% still very insecure and 12% strongly hesitant to receive the blows.
The University of Oxford asked 5,114 people how they would feel about taking an NHS Covid-19 vaccine, and the results were published in the journal Psychological Medicine.