Facebook announces that it will cancel the removal measures of 'new corona is artificial virus theory'

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Facebook has revealed that it will remove the theory that 'the new coronavirus is an artificial virus' that was previously targeted for deletion.

Facebook no longer treating'man-made' Covid as a crackpot idea --POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/facebook-ban-covid-man-made-491053

Facebook Ends Ban on Posts Asserting Covid-19 Was Man-Made --WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ends-ban-on-posts-asserting-covid-19-was-man-made-11622094890

Facebook will no longer stop the spread of a theory that COVID-19 was manufactured --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/26/22455797/facebook-covid-19-man-made-moderation

Politico, a political news agency, reported that a Facebook spokeswoman said, 'We will no longer delete the post'The new coronavirus was artificially created'.' Politico describes the Circular as 'a move to admit that the debate about the origin of the virus is rekindling.'

In the global coronavirus turmoil that occurred in 2020, a large number of conspiracy theories and misinformation such as '5G is spreading the new coronavirus' spread mainly on SNS. Regarding such conspiracy theory and misinformation, SNS companies such as Facebook and Twitter have announced policies such as restricting accounts that spread conspiracy theory and misinformation. I've been trying to reduce the confusion.

As a result of discussions with the World Health Organization (WHO) and health authorities in each country, Facebook revised its conspiracy theory and misinformation policy regarding the new coronavirus in February 2021 and added 'The new coronavirus is artificially removed.' It even included the theory that it was made. In fact, at the time of writing the article, in the section 'We will also remove other false information about the new coronavirus infection that may have harmful consequences according to health authorities', 'The new coronavirus infection It is clearly stated that the theory that 'symptoms are artificial' is included as a target for deletion.

Policy revisions and protection measures for new coronavirus infections | Facebook Help Center
https://www.facebook.com/help/230764881494641/

However, as mentioned above, Facebook has revealed that it will not include the artificial virus theory in the future. According to media outlets, the move is believed to have been caused by the Biden administration's official statement on May 26, 2021, stating that intelligence agencies would step up their investigation into the 'origin of the new coronavirus.' ..

Biden gives instructions to elucidate the origin of corona US intelligence agency reports within 90 days 4 photos International News: AFPBB News
https://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3348660

'The failure to send our inspectors to the field in the early months has always hindered investigations into the origin of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19),' Biden said in a statement. Suggested about China's concealment constitution. He further concludes the statement itself, 'We will continue to pressure China to participate in a complete, transparent, evidence-based international survey and provide access to all relevant data and evidence.' Is blamed by name.

In February 2021, China refused to hand over unedited data on the new coronavirus to the WHO research team that visited Wuhan City.

China refuses to hand over unedited data to WHO's new Corona study team-GIGAZINE