Twitter rules<i> Federalist</i> article arguing for voluntary infection to solve coronavirus violates platform guidelines

By Mike Brest

Published March 25, 2020 8:43pm ET

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Twitter ruled that an article published by The Federalist violated its rules regarding the coronavirus and consequently locked the outlet’s account.

The article, titled “How Medical ‘Chickenpox Parties’ Could Turn The Tide Of The Wuhan Virus,” was published Wednesday, and the outlet tweeted a link to the piece shortly thereafter. At first, Twitter users began noticing that there was a warning placed on the tweet explaining that “this link may be unsafe.”

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