Anti-vax group run by JHFK Jr. finally banned by Facebook & Instagram

[RainCaster]

At long last, it has really happened.

Desperate remedies —
Loathsome anti-vax group run by RFK Jr gets Meta permaban—finally

Yesterday, the anti-vaccine group the Children’s 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 Meta’s notification in its press release says that the ban is due to CHD’s 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 CHD’s 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, it’s 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.

[hlthe2b]

1. RFK, JR...

[marybourg]

2. Censorship by a privately-held corporation is unconstitutional, but

book banning by school boards is OK.

[DBoon]

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]

4. Two questions come to mind.

Why does Meta have a Constitution?

How does Teich know what is in it?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Aren't these privately owned companies?

And aren't they allowed to set their own TOS?

Break the TOS, suffer the consequences.

[AntivaxHunters]

6. This is the best news I've seen all day!