Facebook announced in March that promoting bleach as a cure for the coronavirus was “misinformation that has imminent risk of danger,” and it would immediately remove such messages.
Until Trump promoted ultraviolet lights and disinfectant. Facebook allowed those comments to stay. And now there are other posts preaching the same thing. People are making thousands of comments “liking” the suggestions for the use of bleach, saying things like “Chlorine Dioxide is a bleaching disinfectant that is often added to municipal water systems to make water SAFE to drink.” It is the fake news media that doesn’t want you to drink this stuff.
Once again I am so smug for not being on Facebook. Once again I think Mark Zuckerberg is a bane of civilization.
On the other hand, if you are a Trump supporter, you have already drunk the Koolaid. Maybe you really should try the bleach.
I found the information for this post in Sherra Frankel and Davey Alba, “Trump Puts Sites’ Vows To the Test,” New York Times, (May 1, 2020), p. B1, B5.
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