{"id":101133,"date":"2021-12-15T19:24:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T23:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=101133"},"modified":"2021-12-15T19:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T23:24:28","slug":"twitter-to-punish-users-who-correctly-claim-that-vaccinated-individuals-can-still-spread-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=101133","title":{"rendered":"Twitter To Punish Users Who Correctly Claim That Vaccinated Individuals Can Still Spread COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Twitter, which dubs itself the arbiter of medical misinformation through its constellation of conflicted &#8216;fact-checkers,&#8217;\u00a0<strong>will start imposing penalties on users who claim that\u00a0<em>vaccinated people can spread Covid-19<\/em><\/strong><em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;a claim made by none other than the US CDC Director, the NIH,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ci.uky.edu\/kentuckyhealthnews\/2021\/08\/03\/fauci-the-vaccinated-can-be-as-infectious-as-the-unvaccinated-so-they-need-to-wear-masks-indoors-pandemic-will-get-worse\/\">Facui<\/a>, and countless other officials.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1444390327884947461&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Ftwitter-punish-users-who-claim-vaccinated-individuals-can-still-spread-covid-19&amp;sessionId=4dd0d2c37bed3c7055b12d669b2155c1bd86234f&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=9fd78d5%3A1638479056965&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1444390327884947461\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\"><\/div>\n<p>In other words,\u00a0<strong>Twitter will penalize people for spreading common medical knowledge\u00a0<\/strong>about Covid-19.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1471135734568525828&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Ftwitter-punish-users-who-claim-vaccinated-individuals-can-still-spread-covid-19&amp;sessionId=4dd0d2c37bed3c7055b12d669b2155c1bd86234f&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=9fd78d5%3A1638479056965&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1471135734568525828\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When tweets include misleading information about Covid-19, we may place a label on those tweets that includes corrective information about that claim,&#8221; reads a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/medical-misinformation-policy\">quietly updated section<\/a>\u00a0of its rules governing Covid-19 misinformation reported by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/twitter-to-penalize-users-who-claim-vaccinated-people-can-spread-covid-19\/\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We may apply labels to tweets that contain,\u00a0<strong>for example\u2026 false or misleading claims that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/twitter%20rules.PNG?itok=Qvfr0bOW\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/twitter%20rules.PNG?itok=Qvfr0bOW\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/twitter%20rules.PNG?itok=Qvfr0bOW\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cdb35d0f-22fc-4c7a-8e56-53e00422cb6b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The change was made on Dec. 2, according to Wayback Machine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211202172543\/https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/medical-misinformation-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archives<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/twitter-ban-vaccines-spread-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retrieved<\/a>\u00a0by Reclaim the Net. The policy contradicts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, which notes the \u201crisk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in fully vaccinated people cannot be completely eliminated as long as there is continued community transmission of the virus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Penalties range from a 12-hour account lock after the second strike, and a permanent suspension \u2014 or ban \u2014 on the fifth strike. -Mediaite<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sorry Rochelle, Twitter&#8217;s health experts are coming for ya&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/twitter-punish-users-who-claim-vaccinated-individuals-can-still-spread-covid-19\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/twitter-punish-users-who-claim-vaccinated-individuals-can-still-spread-covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}