Twitter to start removing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Twitter said Wednesday that it will begin removing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations from its site.

It listed among posts that will removed as those including false claims that virus is not real, debunked claims about effects of receiving vaccine and baseless claims that suggest that immunizations are used to harm or control people.

Twitter said in a blog post that it will start enforcing new policy next week. If people send tweets in violation of rules, y will be required to delete m before y are able to tweet again. Before offending tweet is removed, Twitter will hide it from view.

Twitter said that starting early next year, it may also label tweets that vance “unsubstantiated rumors, disputed claims, as well as incomplete or out-of-context information about vaccines” but that may not merit a removal under new rules.

new policy comes as U.S. is beginning to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations in largest immunization campaign in country's history. Vaccinations in or countries are also under way.

This while large swaths of people are hesitant about immunizations, and anti-vaccination groups and individuals peddle conspiracies on social media.

Facebook and YouTube have also announced y will remove misinformation about vaccines.

number of people who have died from coronavirus in U.S. passed a staggering 300,000 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University, with about 2,400 people now dying per day on average.