Facebook eliminated Australian member of parliament Craig Kelly’s web page for repeatedly peddling pandemic misinformation, the social media big stated Monday.
Kelly beforehand had posts blocked on the platform and was pressured to stop the governing Liberal Party, amid controversial statements on vaccine security, lockdowns and unproven Covid remedies.
Facebook stated it eliminated his in style web page completely after “repeated violations” of its policies.
“We don’t allow anyone, including elected officials, to share misinformation about Covid-19 that could lead to imminent physical harm or Covid-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts,” a spokesperson stated in an announcement.
Kelly’s Facebook account — by which he additionally incessantly performed down local weather change — drew round six million video views and 5 million interactions in 2020, based on knowledge instrument CrowdTangle.
Kelly advised public broadcaster ABC the tech big’s determination amounted to “censorship”.
“The idea that they are some purveyors of all truth is just absolutely outrageous,” he stated.
Before being taken down, Kelly’s web page bore warnings about potential Covid-19 misinformation. Several posts had additionally been eliminated.
In February, Kelly stop the conservative authorities after being rebuked by Prime Minister Scott Morrison over his public statements and after a failure to sack an aide going through a number of allegations of inappropriate touching.
Kelly is at present an impartial member of parliament.
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