Social-Media
Facebook blocks users from connecting to a new Plandemic hoax video
Social networking sites are seeking to avoid the spread of Plandemic: indoctoration, a follow-up to the Plandemic Hoax Video on the novel coronavirus. As NBC News writer Brandy Zadrozny reported, Facebook is blocking users from repositioning a link to a new video that was posted to an online site earlier today. Twitter does not ban a video link, but sends users who press it to a warning screen stating that the connection is potentially spammy or dangerous.
Twitter has clarified to The Verge that it is warning users rather than blocking the link; the company will review all short clips that are specifically posted on a case-by - case basis and can delete all material it finds dangerous. Streaming channel London True, which posted the video, announced that it had been suspended by LinkedIn before its premiere. According to CrowdTangle, London Real's original video connect post has over 53,000 Facebook interactions. You will find a reset version of the video on YouTube, but it only has less than 200 views.
Originally released in May, the 26-minute Plandemic documentary hit social media and spread a variety of misleading statements about the coronavirus pandemic, including the (completely incorrect) suggestion that wearing a mask could "trigger" the coronavirus. Companies initially refused to delete it, racking up millions of views and establishing a high online profile for their star, disqualified researcher Judy Mikovits.
As New York Times writer Davey Alba put it in a post, Plandemic: Indoctornation builds on the ideas of the first film, alleging that a mysterious group, involving Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates, is behind the coronavirus pandemic.
A New York Times review showed that Plandemic was actively supported by followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory — which argues that the Trump administration is waging a covert battle on hollywood satanist pedophiles — as well as the "reopen" anti-pandemic-mitigation campaign and celebrities like Christiane Northrup. It is not known how all of that has been motivated by social media recommendation services, which are also criticized for disseminating disinformation. However, Facebook originally took the milder step of reducing the coverage of Plandemics rather than banning it, allowing it a better chance of spreading it. It doesn't appear to be related to Indoctornation.
