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11 Feb, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Banning Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from Instagram should slow the spread of his dangerous lies and disinformation. Some publications politely call him an "anti-vaccine activist" but he's a conspiracy fantasist who knowingly incites threats against scientists 1/ nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/…
Here @sethmnookin shows some of RFK Jr.'s long history of disinformation & how he distorts quotes and research about vaccines 2/ scientificamerican.com/article/how-ro…
He's been relentless during the COVID pandemic at spreading lies about every stage of the vaccine process. He's never been more dangerous. washingtonpost.com/education/2021…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s group and another anti-vaxxer conspiracy group has been responsible for the majority of anti-vaccine ads on Facebook, as @bylenasun reported washingtonpost.com/health/2019/11…
Here's a taste of what it's like to get stuck on the phone with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The self-aggrandizing, conspiratorial nonsense, the lies, the contempt for public health and experts. Anyway, good on Instagram & I hope he gets deplatformed everywhere slate.com/technology/201…
One final thing: He shamelessly throws his name around. In two different jobs, I was required to interact with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after publishing something he complained about because he contacted my boss's boss. No one has brought more shame to a family name. 6/6

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