MENLO PARK, California, May 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Following recent mainstream media reports giving credence to the much maligned theory that COVID-19 was created in a Wuhan laboratory, Facebook has changed its “misinformation” policy and will no longer censor or remove posts which affirm the China lab-leak origin, POLITICO reported.
Back in February, Facebook announced that it was “expanding” its already broad censorship policy to “remove false claims on Facebook and Instagram about COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines and vaccines in general during the pandemic.” Part of the heightened push included removing posts that contained claims deemed to have been “debunked by public health experts,” according to the social media giant.
Following a consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO), Facebook proceeded to enact a policy whereby claims that “COVID-19 is man-made or manufactured” would be deleted, making it virtually impossible for users to share scientific material suggesting that the virus was created in a lab. They also blacklisted claims that “vaccines are not effective at preventing the disease they are meant to protect against; it’s safer to get the disease than to get the vaccine; vaccines are toxic, dangerous or cause autism,” despite any evidence to support those conclusions.
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