- Newly released internal Twitter communications provide details about the platform’s communications with an academic project that advocated censoring topics deemed COVID-19-related misinformation during the pandemic.
- The social platform agreed to receive communications from the Virality Project, a Stanford-based coalition of researchers and analysts who advocated online censorship of certain claims and narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The communications, as revealed Friday through internal emails provided by Twitter under the ownership of Elon Musk to journalist Matt Taibbi, included discussions of the “vaccine passport narrative,” a reference to fears that apps used to verify vaccination status could limit freedoms.
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Twitter Files: Stanford Group, Government Censored Accurate Pandemic Information
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 07: In this photo illustration, The Twitter logo is displayed on a mobile device as the company announced it's initial public offering and debut on the New York Stock Exchange on November 7, 2013 in London, England. Twitter went public on the NYSE opening at USD 26 per share, valuing the company's worth at an estimated USD 18 billion. (Photo by Bethany Clarke/Getty Images)
