Twitter to remove COVID vaccine conspiracy tweets
17 December 2020 |
1:25 pm
Twitter has said it will work with public health officials to determine what coronavirus vaccine misinformation should be removed. The announcement came as some countries deliver vaccines to vulnerable populations.
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