Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS
The Hindu
October 25 marked the first time Facebook removed one of Mr. Bolsonaro’s weekly live broadcasts that serve as a direct channel of communication with his supporters and tend to rack up hundreds of thousands of views
Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected.
Facebook's press office confirmed in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that the content was removed on the night of October 24 because it violated Facebook policy regarding COVID-19 vaccines.
“Our policies don’t allow claims that COVID-19 vaccines kill or seriously harm people,” the statement said. The company didn’t respond to AP questions regarding why three days elapsed before the much-criticized content was removed nor whether language barriers played a role, as Mr. Bolsonaro was speaking in Portuguese.













