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Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by 908B64B197 on Friday August 27, 2021 @07:10PM (#28333986)
> China’s cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19. Beijing, however, continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information and blame other countries, including the United States. These actions reflect, in part, China’s government’s own uncertainty about where an investigation could lead

Crazy how, just a few months ago this would have resulted in a ban on several social media platforms.

Nothing changed in the meantime, other than the presidential administration...

Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by mc32 on Friday August 27, 2021 @07:24PM (#28334095)
This!

It's a travesty that this occurred. Speech was severely censored on real, serious topics, to drive a narrative to hurt a presidential candidate and this was deemed acceptable by great amounts of people. If this had happened the other way around, it would have been a scandal as big as Watergate.

It's truly sad that happened. But it highlights how untrustworthy the "4th estate" is. They are vested interests and should not be trusted any longer and should have their stake revoked. No one should take them seriously for anything.

Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by myko on Monday August 30, 2021 @09:04AM (#28355227)
> to drive a narrative to hurt a presidential candidate

He did that on his own by being completely ineffective against COVID-19 and making the situation much worse. There is a reason his supporters tend to be antivax and propose hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin over the vaccines.

If trump had focused less on the racism and more on effective measures to combat the virus journalists would not have dumped on him.

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Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by yeahrightokpal on Saturday August 28, 2021 @11:26AM (#28338780)
Good job refuting the central point effectively without resulting in mudslinging, champ!
Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by PretzelPirate on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:42PM (#28334848)
Clearly the difference is that people stating this a few months ago we’re just making accusations without any real data. This is a government assessment of experts who have attempted to get the data and can then make a reasonable conclusion based on China’s behavior.

If you had posted the US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on social media, I doubt you’d have the problem of getting banned.

Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday August 27, 2021 @08:10PM (#28334349)
Cite a source for that claim.

That does not match my experience.

Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by fuckcensorship on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:01PM (#28334600)
From a quick Google search:

> “In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts, we will no longer remove the claim that COVID-19 is man-made from our apps,” spokeswoman Dani Lever said. “We’re continuing to work with health experts to keep pace with the evolving nature of the pandemic and regularly update our policies as new facts and trends emerge.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/27/faceboo...

Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by Jordrok on Friday August 27, 2021 @10:38PM (#28335135)
Literally nothing in the quote posted by the OP, or the report in question claims "that COVID-19 is man made". In fact, it's doing the exact opposite. It's saying that it is impossible to know for certain how the initial human infection occurred without further information, but that most agencies agreed that the virus was not genetically engineered or developed as a weapon. Details matter.
Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by zug_zug on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:36PM (#28334816)
I searched and saw that too. However banning the article isn't the same as banning users who post the article, so I was curious if there was a source for that.
Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by bananabiscuit on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:32PM (#28334798)
While saying that they might know where the virus came from seems to be allowed, saying for example “I think China created the virus via gain of function research” would still get you banned from Facebook today according to these rules: https://m.facebook.com/help/230764881494641
Re:The US Intelligence Community’s Assessment on Covid-19 Or... by erdos4d on Friday August 27, 2021 @08:53PM (#28334570)
Where? Can you cite any source for this?