Facebook backtracks on banned lab virus theory


Facebook has reversed its policy banning posts suggesting Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory amid renewed debate over the origins of the virus. – EPA pic, May 28, 2021.


Facebook has reversed its policy banning posts suggesting Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory amid renewed debate over the origins of the virus, raising fresh questions about social media’s role in policing misinformation.

The latest move by Facebook, announced late yesterday on its website, highlights the challenge for the world’s largest social network of rooting out false and potentially harmful content while remaining open for discourse.


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