Instagram Bans Anti-Vax Nutbag Robert F. Kennedy

CNN Business reports:

Instagram on Wednesday took down the account of controversial anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement.

Kennedy, the son of late former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, has repeatedly spoken out against vaccines.

Kennedy’s Facebook page, with more than 300,000 followers, was still active at the time of publication. The company spokesperson said there were no plans to take down that page “at this time.”

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Instagram has taken down the account of controversial anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://t.co/MbMjU9ofgh

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