Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. banned from Instagram

Source: The Hill | February 11, 2021 | Marina Pitofsky

Instagram has removed the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his anti-vaccine advocacy and claims about COVID-19 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns the photo-sharing platform, confirmed in a statement to The Hill.

Kennedy has been a longtime anti-vaccine activist and is the founder of the nonprofit Children’s Health Defense, a prominent anti-vaccination group. He has regularly backed discredited connections between vaccines and autism in children.

Kennedy’s Facebook page remained up as of Thursday morning. His most recent posts included posts from the nonprofit criticizing an HPV vaccine, Moderna and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines and more.

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