Twitter suspends anti-vax group over release of Fauci emails

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05 Jun 2021, 8:40 am

Anti-Vaccine Group Claims to Have 3,000 Pages of Fauci Emails, Gets Suspended by Twitter

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Twitter suspended the account of an anti-vaccination group on Thursday after it claimed to have obtained thousands of new emails written by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser.

The social media giant temporarily locked the Informed Consent Action Network's account and said it was spreading "misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19," according to a screenshot of the notice posted on Twitter by conservative journalist Michelle Malkin.

The suspension came after ICAN tweeted that it would be publishing 3,000 pages of Fauci's emails obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. The messages would provide "further insight into Anthony Fauci's actions on COVID, vaccine safety and more," ICAN wrote in the now-deleted post.

Asked by Newsweek why he believes Twitter has suspended ICAN, Del Bigtree, the group's founder and CEO, said: "One can only assume that Twitter is concerned that [Fauci's] own emails will undermine the narrative that Twitter has been attempting to propagate about the COVID pandemic and COVID vaccine."

Twitter's decision was criticized by conservative public figures, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who wrote: "Why would @Twitter suspend them when they obtained the emails through a FOIA request? What is there to hide? Why is it political?"

On ICAN's website, the group states that it provides "scientifically researched health information" to the public so citizens can make their own decisions.

However, ICAN was described as a "key anti-vaxxer organization" in a recent report on vaccine disinformation by the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

Bigtree, the group's founder, wrote and produced a 2016 film, Vaxxed, that alleged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had covered up a purported link between the MMR vaccine and autism. The film was directed by the discredited former doctor Andrew Wakefield.

When asked by Newsweek about his group's stance on vaccinations, Bigtree said: "In general, ICAN's views on vaccines are that they should be treated like every other pharmaceutical product. That means they should be involved in rigorous double blind placebo studies that last multiple years prior to being promoted to the public.

"We also believe that, like every other pharmaceutical product, pharmaceutical companies should be held liable for death and injury caused by vaccines." The delivery of vaccines should be based on "informed consent," he added.


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05 Jun 2021, 3:21 pm

Twitter are an absolute joke. They have tweeted this today.......

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05 Jun 2021, 6:06 pm

Occam's [sic] plastic butterknife is back and dull as ever.

Title of two min vid on newsweek article.


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05 Jun 2021, 10:13 pm

I wish they could find another name other than 'anti-vaxxers' for the people who have opted out of the COVID-19 vaccine. Prior to COVID, anti-vaxxers were parents of children who declined to have them immunized against potentially fatal childhood illnesses like Polio, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, etc... More recently Hep B, etc... Many kids have died from these illnesses throughout history and it's stupid, in my opinion, to choose not to vaccinate a child against them. But, to each his own.

I've had all vaccines that have been through proper trials, my kids have had all vaccines. Sometimes I take the Flu shot, usually I don't. So, I wouldn't label myself an anti-vaxxer.

I have opted out of the COVID-19 shot because there's not enough information for true informed consent. That's not 'anti-vax,' it's just prudent, critical thinking. I won't get my granddaughter vaccinated for the same reason, and because children are not in a high risk category of death from COVID.

I'm pro-vax, I'm anti-social pressure.


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05 Jun 2021, 10:42 pm

lostproperty wrote:
Twitter are an absolute joke. They have tweeted this today.......

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Well, Twitter can just make their own "Nigeria" if they don't like what happened there...

They may possibly be needing to make their own "India" as well, shortly:
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India has told Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) it has one last chance to comply with new IT rules, or face "unintended consequences" according to a copy of an official letter seen by Reuters.

The new rules - which were announced in February and which became effective at the end of last month - are aimed at regulating content on social media and making firms such as Facebook (FB.O), its WhatsApp messenger and Twitter more accountable to legal requests. read more

They also require big social media companies to set up grievance redressal mechanisms and appoint new executives to coordinate with law enforcement.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-twitter-comply-with-it-rules-or-face-unintended-consequences-2021-06-05/



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06 Jun 2021, 6:08 am

Naomi Wolf banned from Twitter for spreading vaccine myths

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The author Naomi Wolf has been suspended from Twitter after using it to spread myths about the pandemic, vaccines and lockdown.

Wolf, who wrote the influential feminist work The Beauty Myth, holds staunch anti-vaccine views. Last month she told a US congressional committee that vaccine passports would “re-create a situation that is very familiar to me as a student of history. This has been the start of many, many genocides.”

As the pandemic continued, the author variously claimed that vaccines were a “software platform that can receive uploads” and that “the best way to show respect for healthcare workers if you are healthy and under 65 is to socialise sensibly and expose yourself to a low viral load”.

In her most recent post, she argued that “vaccinated people’s urine/feces”(sic) needed to be separated from general sewage supplies/waterways until its impact on unvaccinated people via drinking water was established.

Her suspension was widely applauded on the social media platform.

The award-winning author Steve Silberman, who is a historian of autism, said: “I’ve been reading vile anti-vaccine propaganda for 20 years, and Wolf’s claims were as out-there and delusional as I’ve ever seen.”

Some supporters criticised the ban, claiming it was the result of US government pressure and a blow to free speech, and called for her account to be reinstated. Twitter has said the suspension is permanent and no appeal will be allowed.


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