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1. mancer+Lm1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 19:38:39
>>ruarai+(OP)
How soon before stuff like this is marked as misinformation if it isn't coming from established media outlets? You know, dangerous conspiracy theories, and all that. Real world consequences, etc. and so forth.
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2. wallaw+ep1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 19:49:20
>>mancer+Lm1
Are you saying an opinion piece stating that we should leave open the possibility of a leak is misinformation? That doesn't make any sense.
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3. hn_thr+yq1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 19:54:37
>>wallaw+ep1
Not OP, but I'm assuming he was arguing that, given that the major social media platforms have said they will remove any Covid information that is misleading, would they even allow posts like this "suggesting the possibility of a Wuhan lab leak is plausible".

Note Facebook has previously explicitly banned posts "falsely claiming the virus is man-made". Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/965390755/facebook-widens-ban...

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4. bosswi+Yu1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 20:11:34
>>hn_thr+yq1
From FB's policy https://www.facebook.com/help/230764881494641

  " Claims that it was created by an individual, government, or country

    Excluding claims that it was studied in, came from, or leaked from a lab without specifically calling it man-made"
So discussing possibility of a lab leak is not a problem, it's the deliberate bioweapon aspect that they're banning.

  "The goal of this policy is to remove common viral hoaxes that have been repeatedly debunked by independent fact-checkers."
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5. ttt0+0B1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 20:36:26
>>bosswi+Yu1
> So discussing possibility of a lab leak is not a problem, it's the deliberate bioweapon aspect that they're banning.

And the virus being man-made is not a possibility?

https://www.nature.com/news/engineered-bat-virus-stirs-debat...

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6. bosswi+Ej4[view] [source] 2021-03-23 16:42:30
>>ttt0+0B1
Things aren't black and white, free-speech vs evil. The editor's note on your link illustrates the problem.
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7. ttt0+by6[view] [source] 2021-03-24 11:01:15
>>bosswi+Ej4
The editor's note says there is no evidence that this is the case. There is no strong evidence about anything regarding what are the origins of the virus. But it's still entirely within the realm of possibility that it could be true.

Sure, things aren't black and white and I never said they were. But Facebook will ban you for suggesting that it's possible that the virus is man-made, right? So they're the 'extremists' here.

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