Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan as members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating t

Facebook lifts ban on posts calling coronavirus man-made

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2021-05-27 14:30:17

Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan as members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus make a visit

Facebook is removing its ban on posts calling the novel coronavirus man-made after several experts pointed out that the theory the virus escaped from a lab – which is short of evidence – cannot be ruled out yet.

The move by the social media giant also comes amidst US President Joe Biden’s order to aides calling for an investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 virus that will answer questions including whether the coronavirus emerged from a laboratory accident.

Biden told reporters on Wednesday that the intelligence community is split between two theories on the origins of the novel coronavirus, and that he has ordered officials to examine “whether it emerged from human contact with an infected animal or from a laboratory accident,” and report within 90 days.

In February, Facebook had noted it was expanding the list of posts with misleading health information it would remove from its platforms to include those claiming that “Covid-19 is man-made or manufactured.”