{"id":41064,"date":"2021-05-28T16:03:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=41064"},"modified":"2021-05-28T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T13:32:09","slug":"facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world leaders to establish the novel virus\u2019 origins.<\/p>\n

Facebook has been removing some posts on the coronavirus arguing that were deemed to lack backing evidence.<\/p>\n

The coronavirus was first reported in the Chinese Province of Wuhan towards the end of 2019 and has since spread across the world killing millions of people.<\/p>\n

Lisa Fazio, an assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, said the reversal shows the difficulty of fact-checking in general when experts can disagree and change their minds with new evidence. Fazio said:<\/p>\n

_It\u2019s one reason that content moderation shouldn\u2019t be static: scientific consensus changes over time. It\u2019s also a reminder to be humble and that for some questions the best current answer is \u2018we don\u2019t know yet\u2019 or \u2018it\u2019s possible, but experts think it\u2019s unlikely\u2019._<\/b><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the president of the United States of America, Joe Biden has ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to double efforts towards establishing the origins of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

His predecessor, Donald Trump is still adamant that the virus was created in a Chinese lab.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration is joining worldwide pressure for China to be more open about the outbreak.<\/p>\n

More: Pindula News; Al Jazeera; AP<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world leaders to establish the novel virus\u2019 origins. Facebook has been removing some posts on the coronavirus arguing that were deemed to lack backing evidence. The coronavirus was first reported in the Chinese Province […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,9,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1314,2404,4930,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-41064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-miscellaneous","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-coronavirus","14":"tag-facebook","15":"tag-wuhan","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nFacebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world lea ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world lea ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-28T14:03:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-28T13:32:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"569\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins\",\"name\":\"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-28T14:03:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-28T13:32:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world lea ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":569,\"caption\":\"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins - zimbabwe","description":"Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world lea ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins","og_description":"Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world lea ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2021-05-28T14:03:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-28T13:32:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":569,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins","name":"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-28T14:03:56+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-28T13:32:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"Facebook is no longer removing posts claiming that the coronavirus started in a lab amid renewed efforts among world lea ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/img-60b0f0b621761.jpg","width":1200,"height":569,"caption":"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/facebook-changes-stance-on-coronavirus-posts-amid-renewed-efforts-to-establish-origins#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Facebook Changes Stance On Coronavirus Posts Amid Renewed Efforts To Establish Origins"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}