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    Home » Crypto News » Is Twitter Still Targeting ZeroHedge Despite Lifting The 4-Month Ban?

    Is Twitter Still Targeting ZeroHedge Despite Lifting The 4-Month Ban?

    Author: George Georgiev

    Last Updated Jun 14, 2020 @ 12:47

    Popular media outlet ZeroHedge got its Twitter account suspended back on January 31st for publishing an article questioning the origin of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A bit more than four months after that, the social media lifted the ban.

    However, just two days later, Twitter appears to continue flagging the media’s content as “potentially harmful,” signaling that a shadowban may still be in place.

    ZeroHedge Ban Lifted

    On January 31st, ZeroHedge saw its Twitter account suspended for “violating rules against abuse and harassment.”

    The outlet had posted an article questioning the origin of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), presenting information on Wuhan’s Institute of Virology and Dr. Peng Zhou, a researcher at said institute and Leader of the Bat Virus Infection and Immunization Group.

    Two days after that, a reporter from BuzzFeedNews wrote that ZeroHedge falsely accused the Chinese scientist of creating the coronavirus as a bioweapon.

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    At that time, ZeroHedge saw its account suspended. 133 days later, though, on Friday, June 12th, the news outlet was reinstated after Twitter reportedly admitted they “made an error in our enforcement action in this case.” A Twitter spokesperson told Bloomberg that “Based on additional context from the account holder in appeal, we have reinstated the account. We have a dedicated appeals process for all account holders.”

    But Is It Really?

    Despite admittedly making a mistake, it appears that Twitter continues to flag some of ZeroHedge’s content.

    Just yesterday, the outlet published another article, covering a study on resistance to SARS-COV2, and that’s what users see when trying to open it.

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    Twitter Flags ZeroHedge Article

    Once again, the warning says that the content might be “potentially harmful” or in violation of Twitter’s Terms of Service. Moreover, it also warns that the link might lead to a site that “steals your password or other personal information, installs malicious software programs on your computer,” and so forth.

    In actuality, the links lead to an article that cites a study, conducted by scientists at the University Hospital in Zurich on “Systemic and mucosal antibody secretion specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19.”

    It’s Not Just Twitter

    Centralized social media have the authority to one-sidedly suspend, or flag content they deem is in violation of their Terms of Agreement. Twitter is just the latest example.

    Just a month ago, CryptoPotato reported that YouTube is shadowbanning Bitcoin-related videos as several content creators complained that their videos are impossible to locate.

    This has prompted a debate in the crypto community on whether a decentralized social media might be the solution to all of the above.

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    Georgi Georgiev is CryptoPotato's editor-in-chief and a seasoned writer with over four years of experience writing about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Georgi's passion for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies bloomed in late 2016 and he hasn't looked back since. Crypto’s technological and economic implications are what interest him most, and he has one eye turned to the market whenever he’s not sleeping. Contact George: LinkedIn

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