{"id":1942867,"date":"2023-06-02T14:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-banned-by-major-social-media-site-campaign-pages-blocked\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:20:55","slug":"robert-f-kennedy-jr-banned-by-major-social-media-site-campaign-pages-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-banned-by-major-social-media-site-campaign-pages-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. banned from social media, campaign pages blocked."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frobert-f-kennedy-jr-banned-by-major-social-media-site-campaign-pages-blocked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942867&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon Musk Invites Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Twitter Spaces Discussion<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>Twitter owner Elon Musk invited Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">presidential candidate<\/a> Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a discussion on his Twitter Spaces, coming after Kennedy claimed his campaign was blocked on Meta-owned Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Interesting\u2026 when we use our TeamKennedy email address to set up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/instagram?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@instagram<\/a> accounts we get an automatic 180-day ban. Can anyone guess why that\u2019s happening? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0G8oRnoXTv\">pic.twitter.com\/0G8oRnoXTv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1664428013566427141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cInteresting\u2026 when we use our TeamKennedy email address to set up @instagram accounts we get an automatic 180-day ban. Can anyone guess why that\u2019s happening?\u201d Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on Twitter. An accompanying image shows that Instagram said it \u201csuspended\u201d his \u201cTeam Kennedy\u201d account and that there \u201care 180 days remaining to disagree\u201d with the company\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>In response to his post, Musk wrote: \u201cWould you like to do a Spaces discussion with me next week?\u201d Kennedy agreed, saying he would do it Monday at 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, Kennedy wrote that Instagram \u201cstill hasn\u2019t reinstated my account, which was banned years ago with more than 900k followers.\u201d He argued that \u201cto silence a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-ryan-wont-say-whether-he-thinks-illegal-immigrants-should-be-able-to-vote-in-ohio\/\" title=\"Tim Ryan Won\u2019t Say Whether He Thinks Illegal Immigrants Should Be Able To Vote in Ohio\">major political candidate<\/a> is profoundly undemocratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Social Media Censorship<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time that either Facebook or Instagram has taken action against Kennedy. In 2021, Instagram banned him from posting claims about vaccine safety and COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>After he was banned by the platform, Kennedy said that his Instagram posts raised legitimate concerns about vaccines and were backed by research. His account was banned just days after Facebook and Instagram announced they would block the the spread of what they described as misinformation about vaccines, including research saying the shots cause autism, are dangerous, or are ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of censorship is counterproductive if our objective is a safe and effective vaccine supply,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, the son of former presidential candidate and Sen. Robert Kennedy, has for years helped to popularize the assertion that vaccines are liked to autism. Kennedy\u2019s Children\u2019s Health Defense, before it was also banned in 2022, has claimed that tetanus vaccines can cause infertility and that polio vaccines are actually responsible for a rise in polio cases worldwide.<\/p>\n<h3>Alternative Social Media Sites<\/h3>\n<p>However, critics of Big Tech monopolies have said social media companies should not be the arbiters of what can and cannot be posted, saying that some content moderation policies around \u201cmisinformation\u201d is tantamount to censorship.<\/p>\n<p>That criticism reached a boiling point in early 2021 after former President Donald Trump was banned on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other Big Tech sites before his accounts were mostly reinstated. A number of other prominent conservatives and individuals who questioned mainstream narratives were also banned in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the widespread bans that were handed down, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-banned-by-major-social-media-site-campaign-pages-blocked\/\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. banned from social media, campaign pages blocked.\">alternative social media websites<\/a> like Trump\u2019s Truth Social, video platform Rumble, Gettr, and others were created. When Musk bought Twitter late last year, he<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>made headlines<\/li>\n<li>by tweeting<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJust want to say thanks to all the people who use Twitter\u2026 Looking forward to creating something special for you!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Epoch Times has approached Instagram for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk invited Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss his blocked campaign on Instagram on Twitter Spaces. 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