Facebook won’t remove posts claiming Covid-19 is human-made


Facebook’s reversal comes as Biden ordered US intelligence officials to ‘redouble’ their efforts to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory. — AP

Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that Covid-19 is human-made or manufactured “in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of Covid-19 and in consultation with public health experts”.

There is rising pressure worldwide to investigate the origins of the pandemic, including the possibility that it came from a lab. Since the pandemic began, Facebook has been changing what it allows on the topic and what it bans. In February, it announced a host of new claims it would be prohibiting – including that Covid-19 was created in a Chinese lab. Other claims it added at the time included the false notion that vaccines are not effective or that they are toxic.

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