July 28,2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Social media company Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, fact checked a conservative organization’s post that was simply promoting the individual liberty to choose whether to take the experimental coronavirus jab.
The photo, published by Turning Point USA, shows a bandage with the phrase “Let me call my own shots,” with reference to the COVID vaccine.
“REMINDER: The Government Has NO RIGHT To Force You To Inject Yourself With An Experimental Vaccine! #BigGovSucks #SocialismSucks #Vaccine #COVID19 #USA #Conservative #TPUSA,” the post from the free-market student group said.
Instagram slapped a “false” label on the post, which blurs out the photo until someone clicks through to see it. The social media company links out to a “Lead Stories” page that fact checks an entirely separate photo about the legality of vaccine mandates.
Other Facebook-approved fact checkers have come to different conclusions about the legality of COVID vaccine mandates, making the “false” label a tenuous conclusion. For example, Factcheck.org, run by the University of Pennsylvania, has said that there is a legal grey area with many vaccine mandates.
Instagram has previously censored posts by LifeSiteNews, including one that promoted the comments of a Yale medical school professor on
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