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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti-vax group run by JHFK Jr. finally banned by Facebook & Instagram
At long last, it has really happened.
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Loathsome anti-vax group run by RFK Jr gets Meta permabanfinally
Yesterday, the anti-vaccine group the Childrens Health Defense celebrated the spread of poliovirus in New York, mocking health officials spreading awareness that polio is vaccine-preventable. Today, CHD reports that the group was also permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram yesterday. A screenshot of Metas notification in its press release says that the ban is due to CHDs practice of spreading "misinformation that could cause physical harm."
A Meta spokesperson tells Ars that Meta removed the Instagram and Facebook accounts in question for repeatedly violating our COVID-19 policies.
CHD says the ban came without warning, cutting the anti-vax group off from hundreds of thousands of followers on both social media platforms. Denying allegations that the group spreads misinformation, CHD suggested instead the ban is connected to CHDs lawsuit against Meta that questions the validity of how Facebook and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention label health misinformation. The group's legal counsel in that lawsuit, Roger Teich, suggested that the ban was improper.
Censorship is not only unconstitutional, its un-American, Teich said in the press release.
A Meta spokesperson tells Ars that Meta removed the Instagram and Facebook accounts in question for repeatedly violating our COVID-19 policies.
CHD says the ban came without warning, cutting the anti-vax group off from hundreds of thousands of followers on both social media platforms. Denying allegations that the group spreads misinformation, CHD suggested instead the ban is connected to CHDs lawsuit against Meta that questions the validity of how Facebook and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention label health misinformation. The group's legal counsel in that lawsuit, Roger Teich, suggested that the ban was improper.
Censorship is not only unconstitutional, its un-American, Teich said in the press release.
Censorship is un-american, but spewing bullshit is a god-given right, according to JFK Jr and his band of toadies.
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Anti-vax group run by JHFK Jr. finally banned by Facebook & Instagram (Original Post)
RainCaster
Aug 2022
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hlthe2b
(102,418 posts)1. RFK, JR...
marybourg
(12,641 posts)2. Censorship by a privately-held corporation is unconstitutional, but
book banning by school boards is OK.
DBoon
(22,402 posts)3. people died by not following Covid protections
Nobody ever died from reading a book by Toni Morrison.
Spreading falsehoods about a deadly and very contagious disease is a threat to public health.
Gore1FL
(21,156 posts)4. Two questions come to mind.
Why does Meta have a Constitution?
How does Teich know what is in it?
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,449 posts)5. Aren't these privately owned companies?
And aren't they allowed to set their own TOS?
Break the TOS, suffer the consequences.
AntivaxHunters
(3,234 posts)6. This is the best news I've seen all day!