Can we have a temporary report category for people spreading false information about Covid-19?

There's currently a woman saying she's an essential worker and stating that this is all a big conspiracy.

There's no way to report that incredibly dangerous statement.

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SooperSarah

The problem with that is knowing where to draw the line. Calling it a hoax is obvious, but other statements fall into the huge gray area.

adorbz · 26-30, F

@SooperSarah well yeah but that’s for admins to decide. Misleading content is already against the tos and we should be able to tell them when we find it, they can decide whether it’s bad enough to remove

SooperSarah

@adorbz based on that logic, half these political nuts here should've been banned months ago.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@SooperSarah I tend to agree. Site censorship can get into promoting one view over another.

CheshireCatalyst · 36-40, M

@SooperSarah I'm talking about someone specifically calling it a hoax, there's no grey area.

adorbz · 26-30, F

@SooperSarah Not really, the point is it’s the admins decision and they decide not to remove those posts. I want a way we can tell the admins when something misleading is posted even if they won’t remove it, because there will be the occasional one that is actually dangerous and really should be removed, currently there’s no way to report that