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RFK Jr.’s Instagram Account Reinstated More than 2 Years After COVID-19 Misinformation Got Him Banned
Yahoo News! ^ | Mon, June 5, 2023 | Virginia Chamlee

Posted on 06/05/2023 11:57:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Kennedy's return to Instagram comes just before he's set to appear with Elon Musk in a Twitter Spaces livestream slated for Monday afternoon

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back on Instagram more than two years after the platform removed his account for sharing false claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine.

Kennedy, 69, was first banned from Instagram in February 2021, after the platform said it had “removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines," CNN reported at the time.

On Sunday, The Washington Post reported that the platform had restored his personal account. “As he is now an active candidate for president of the United States, we have restored access to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Instagram account,” a spokesperson for Meta — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — told the Post in a statement.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigtech; covid; internet; rfk; socialmedia

1 posted on 06/05/2023 11:57:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I was just listening to RFK, Jr. on a Twitter live cast with Elon, and RFK Jr’s voice sounded very feeble.


2 posted on 06/05/2023 11:59:10 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Yo-Yo

He can barely survive, having had no COVID vaccine, and no boosters.


3 posted on 06/05/2023 12:01:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Yo-Yo

He suffers from spasmodic dysphonia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_dysphonia


4 posted on 06/05/2023 12:10:07 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway

“ after the platform removed his account for sharing actual information, not approved by the machine, about the Government pandemic”


5 posted on 06/05/2023 12:14:24 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: nickcarraway

Instagram reserves the right to re-ban RFK if his poll numbers rise too much.


6 posted on 06/05/2023 12:19:01 PM PDT by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: Jamestown1630

Thanks. Oddly enough, I used to work with someone who had this disease, and he would get periodic botulism shots into his vocal cords for it.


7 posted on 06/05/2023 12:28:46 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Yo-Yo

It seems to act differently in different people. I don’t think they really know the cause.


8 posted on 06/05/2023 12:30:28 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Yo-Yo

Have listened to at least three hour-plus long podcasts featuring RFK Jr. recently, each of which was essentially a long-form, in-depth interview. He did one with Jordan Peterson in the last few days. FWIW, it has been said that if you run the audio at 1.5 times normal speed his speech sounds perfectly fine and understandable!


9 posted on 06/05/2023 12:31:12 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Yo-Yo

I wanted to hear it...but had the field insurance calls.

Is there an upload somewhere?


10 posted on 06/05/2023 12:31:23 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.")
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I wanted to hear it...but had the field insurance calls. Is there an upload somewhere

You must have a Twitter account.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/listen-live-elon-musk-and-rfk-jr-discuss-2024

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1PlJQpmkngnGE?s=20

11 posted on 06/05/2023 12:40:24 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Yo-Yo

Thanks. 👍


12 posted on 06/05/2023 12:51:17 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.")
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To: nickcarraway

Funny how nearly all of those “debunked claims” turned out to be true.


13 posted on 06/05/2023 1:17:05 PM PDT by jps098
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To: Yo-Yo

“I was just listening to RFK, Jr. on a Twitter live cast with Elon, and RFK Jr’s voice sounded very feeble.”

I had a similar reaction. Not sure if I would say “feeble” but there was something not right.

I like most of what he says, though.

Of course, he’s a climate alarmist so I haven’t heard him go on about that.


14 posted on 06/05/2023 1:18:31 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Jamestown1630

That would explain what I was hearing. Thanks for the info.


15 posted on 06/05/2023 1:19:56 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: ModelBreaker

He goes into his environmental views more in the Jordan Peterson interview.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W1h5AhrDajI&pp=ygUGcmZrIGpy


16 posted on 06/05/2023 3:57:31 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.")
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