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still_one

(91,962 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 02:17 AM Feb 2021

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been banned from Instagram

Last edited Thu Feb 11, 2021, 04:08 AM - Edit history (1)

"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/



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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been banned from Instagram (Original Post) still_one Feb 2021 OP
Good Pachamama Feb 2021 #1
It's about damn time. Bleacher Creature Feb 2021 #2
He should be banned from everywhere decent Major Nikon Feb 2021 #3
Good. The anti-vaxx lies he posts could get people killed. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #4
Antivaxxers are killers... Stochastic mass murderers. RockRaven Feb 2021 #5
He had his children vaccinated? Hypocrite. patricia92243 Feb 2021 #6
wrong time to be an ant-vax nutjob. WarGamer Feb 2021 #7
Isn't that the truth still_one Feb 2021 #8
Very sad... Mike Nelson Feb 2021 #9
Good. Hopefully other sites will follow. kcr Feb 2021 #10

Pachamama

(16,874 posts)
1. Good
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 02:23 AM
Feb 2021

He has been spreading vast amounts of disinformation that has then been spread further by whacked out Anti-vaxxers and COVID deniers...

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
3. He should be banned from everywhere decent
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 02:34 AM
Feb 2021

I don’t know if heroin ate up his brains or he’s 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)
4. Good. The anti-vaxx lies he posts could get people killed.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 02:35 AM
Feb 2021

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)
5. Antivaxxers are killers... Stochastic mass murderers.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 02:37 AM
Feb 2021

Civilized society should want nothing to do with them.

Mike Nelson

(9,903 posts)
9. Very sad...
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:13 AM
Feb 2021

... 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.

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