{"id":280018,"date":"2020-10-19T07:09:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=280018"},"modified":"2020-10-26T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T19:22:44","slug":"twitter-removes-mask-guidance-from-white-house-covid-19-adviser-claiming-it-violated-policies-on-misleading-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/hi\/twitter-removes-mask-guidance-from-white-house-covid-19-adviser-claiming-it-violated-policies-on-misleading-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter removes mask guidance from White House Covid-19 adviser, claiming it violated policies on \u2018misleading information\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The proof that the social media companies serving the mega-rich are even against democratically elected people and top scientists. The dictatorship of the 20 richest families is definitely in place.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Twitter has removed a tweet from White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Scott Atlas questioning the effectiveness of mask mandates, claiming the message violated the platform\u2019s Covid-19 Misleading Information Policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwitter seems to be censoring the science if it goes against their own goals of public indoctrination,\u201d\u00a0Atlas told Newsweek on Sunday about his tweet being removed.<\/p>\n

In the original tweet, Atlas wrote,\u00a0\u201cMasks work? NO,\u201d\u00a0before citing various examples and quotes from health officials pushing back against the protection face coverings can provide.<\/p>\n

The information cited included details of various places that have seen Covid-19 cases rise despite mask mandates, as well as quotes from both\u00a0the\u00a0World Health Organization and Dr. Carl Heneghan, director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal\u2019s Evidence-Based Medicine publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would appear that despite two decades of pandemic preparedness, there is considerable uncertainty as to the value of wearing masks,\u201d\u00a0Dr. Heneghan\u00a0said\u00a0of face coverings.<\/p>\n

In a subsequent tweet, Dr. Atlas made it clear he was not arguing against masks, but instead was saying they are only effective in situations where one is around people at a high risk of getting Covid-19, or where one cannot social distance.<\/p>\n

A Twitter spokesperson still said the tweet violated their policy on distributing misleading information about Covid-19. Twitter\u2019s policy specifically targets tweets the company says could lead to harm. It flags\u00a0\u201cstatements or assertions that have been confirmed to be false or misleading by subject-matter experts, such as public health authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Atlas is a neuroradiologist and a Robert Wesson senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who joined the coronavirus task force in August.<\/p>\n

Twitter has also flagged tweets from the president in the past which it claimed had violated the platform\u2019s Covid-19 policies.<\/p>\n

Atlas has appealed the decision to remove his tweet and will be unable to post again while his appeal is under review.<\/p>\n

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