Twitter failing to curb misinformation “superspreaders,” report warns

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Twitter is failing to rein in superspreaders" of coronavirus misinformation on its platform, according to research detailing dozens of posts shared by high-profile accounts apparently flouting the social media company's rules.

Tech companies including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have all introduced new policies to clamp down on the so-called infodemic of false coronavirus information that has swept the Internet in recent weeks amid panic and national lockdowns.

But a report from NewsGuard, which monitors and rates news websites on trustworthiness, found multiple posts from accounts on Twitter with 100,000 or more followers-some of which are verified-promoting misinformation about questionable treatments or cures that appear to violate recent policies banning such content.

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