{"id":542883,"date":"2021-05-27T13:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=542883"},"modified":"2021-05-27T13:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T17:20:56","slug":"in-shocking-reversal-facebook-wont-ban-un-debunked-wuhan-lab-or-man-made-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-shocking-reversal-facebook-wont-ban-un-debunked-wuhan-lab-or-man-made-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"In Shocking Reversal, Facebook Won\u2019t Ban Un-Debunked \u2018Wuhan Lab\u2019 Or \u2018Man-Made\u2019 Theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fin-shocking-reversal-facebook-wont-ban-un-debunked-wuhan-lab-or-man-made-theories%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=542883&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-512015968-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>While President Joe Biden ordered an intelligence review of the previously \u201cdebunked\u201d possibility that COVID-19 first originated in a Wuhan lab, Facebook announced that they would no longer censor posts which claim that the virus was man-made or manufactured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/facebook-ban-covid-man-made-491053\"><span>Politico<\/span><\/a><span>, this announcement represents \u201ca move that acknowledges the renewed debate about the virus\u2019 origins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In February, Facebook expanded the list of \u201cmisleading\u201d health claims which would be removed from its platform, including the view that \u201cCOVID-19 is man-made or manufactured.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an updated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2020\/04\/covid-19-misinfo-update\/#removing-more-false-claims\"><span>blog post<\/span><\/a><span>, Facebook\u2019s Vice President of Integrity, Guy Rosen, announced that the policy has been changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts, we will no longer remove the claim that COVID-19 is man-made or manufactured from our apps,\u201d the post reads. \u201cWe\u2019re continuing to work with health experts to keep pace with the evolving nature of the pandemic and regularly update our policies as new facts and trends emerge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cToday, we are expanding our efforts to remove false claims on Facebook and Instagram about COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines and vaccines in general during the pandemic. Since December, we\u2019ve <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2020\/12\/coronavirus\/#latest\"><span>removed false claims<\/span><\/a><span> about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts. Today, following consultations with leading health organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), we are expanding the list of false claims we will remove to include <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intern.facebook.com\/help\/230764881494641\"><span>additional debunked claims<\/span><\/a><span> about the coronavirus and vaccines,\u201d the previous policy, announced in February, declared.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Facebook\u2019s announcement comes days after Politifact, a fact-checking organization that works closely with the social media giant, was \u201c<\/span><span>forced to walk back a fact check on a claim made on Tucker Carlson\u2019s Fox News show related to the origins of SARS-CoV-2.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Writing for Politifact, \u201cTom Kertscher and Noah Kim wrote an overview for PolitiFact \u2018debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus,\u2019\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/politifact-forced-to-pull-fact-check-of-tucker-carlson-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-segment\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cScientists who have studied the coronavirus have generally concluded that it resembles naturally occurring viruses,\u201d PolitiFact <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2021\/may\/17\/debating-origins-covid-19-virus-what-we-know-what-\/\"><span>explained<\/span><\/a><span> in their summary of the piece. \u201cBut researchers are paying more attention to the possibility that the virus somehow leaked from the lab, though there\u2019s still nothing conclusive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prior to this shift in approach, Politifact was part of the fact-checking effort to suppress the \u201cWuhan lab theory.\u201d For example, in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/li-meng-yan-fact-check\/\"><span>now-archived fact-check<\/span><\/a><span> from September 2020, PolitiFact claimed that a Tucker Carlson segment included a \u201cdebunked conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the fact-check from September 16, 2020, Daniel Funke wrote for PolitiFact that \u201cscientists say the coronavirus emerged from bats and later jumped to humans,\u201d and that the genetic structure of the novel coronavirus \u201crules out laboratory manipulation.\u201d PolitiFact stressed at the time that \u201cpublic health authorities have repeatedly said the coronavirus was not derived from a lab.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>PolitiFact used this same logic to \u201cdebunk\u201d multiple similar claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While President Joe Biden ordered an intelligence review of the previously \u201cdebunked\u201d possibility that COVID-19 first originated in a Wuhan lab, Facebook announced that they would no longer censor posts &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313269,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-512015968-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"In Shocking Reversal, Facebook Won\u2019t Ban Un-Debunked \u2018Wuhan Lab\u2019 Or \u2018Man-Made\u2019 Theories","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-512015968-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"In Shocking Reversal, Facebook Won\u2019t Ban Un-Debunked \u2018Wuhan Lab\u2019 Or \u2018Man-Made\u2019 Theories","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}