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"We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines," a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement.
Kennedy, the son of late former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, has repeatedly spoken out against vaccines. He has lobbied Congress to give parents exemptions from state requirements that mandate they vaccinate their children. The lifelong Democrat downplays his anti-vaccine views, though, by saying that he is actually in favor of safe vaccines and noting that all of his children have been vaccinated.
Kennedy's Facebook page, with more than 300,000 followers, was still active at the time of publication. The company spokesperson said there were no plans to take down that page "at this time."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/tech/robert-kennedy-jr-instagram-ban/index.html
https://www.cnet.com/news/instagram-bans-robert-f-kennedy-jr-for-false-claims-about-covid-19/
Pachamama
(16,874 posts)He has been spreading vast amounts of disinformation that has then been spread further by whacked out Anti-vaxxers and COVID deniers...
Bleacher Creature
(11,235 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)I dont know if heroin ate up his brains or hes just naturally crazy as a shithouse rat, but either way he needs to be marginalized. Sometimes stupid manages to kill people.
SunSeeker
(51,369 posts)What a waste of the public podium his name gave him.
I wish he would go back to his environmentalism and leave anti-vaxx conspiracies to the nutjobs. Sadly, he may have irretrievably damaged his credibility.
RockRaven
(14,783 posts)Civilized society should want nothing to do with them.
patricia92243
(12,590 posts)WarGamer
(12,106 posts)still_one
(91,962 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)... his view is not downplayed. This is what he's known for... on the scale of "healthy skepticism" to "sheer madness," he's firmly on the wrong side. Apparently, nobody can talk to him about this... Facebook is warning him, and there could be more social media bans.
kcr
(15,300 posts)It's about time.