When users went to Threads to search for content related to “covid” and “long covid,” they were met with a blank screen that showed no search results and a pop-up linking to the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A search by The Post discovered that the words “sex,” “nude,” “gore,” “porn,” “coronavirus,” “vaccines” and “vaccination” are also among blocked words. Long covid patients have died of organ failure, infections, cardiac events and more, and social media is one place they can share information. “Censoring searches for covid and long covid will only leave an information gap that will be filled by misinformation from elsewhere,” Tran said. “Ever since Elon [Musk] took over Twitter, people with long covid have been experiencing more harassment, and it’s been harder to connect on there,” said Fiona Lowenstein, editor of “The Long COVID Survival Guide,” a book about managing long covid symptoms.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2023 23:36 UTC