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Facebook has removed the Facebook Page of one of Australia’s foremost theorists Pete Evans for sharing COVID-19 misinformation.
Evans has repeatedly posted health misinformation and conspiracy theories, leading many companies to sever ties with the former celebrity chef.
Evans’ Instagram account remains active, and he also has smaller presences on fringe platforms like Parler and Telegram.
After months of pressure, Facebook has removed the Facebook Page of former celebrity chef Pete Evans for sharing COVID-19 misinformation.
On Wednesday night, a Facebook company spokesperson told Business Insider that the tech giant has removed the Chef Pete Evans Facebook page.
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Facebook removes Pete Evan s page after continuously posting misinformation
23 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Pete Evans has finally been silenced.
Facebook has removed the disgraced chef s profile from its platform, after claiming he was spreading misinformation that could lead to imminent physical harm .
In a statement, a Facebook spokesperson said: We don t allow anyone to share misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts. We have clear policies against this type of content and we ve removed Chef Pete Evans Facebook page for repeated violations of these policies.
One Twitter post revealing the news had a large amount of people commenting their gratitude that the chef had lost his voice on the platform.
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In some spectacular news to wrap up 2020, Facebook has officially deleted
Pete Evan‘s page for “repeated violation” of their policies.
Yes, friends, he’s shared neo-nazi content, spread conspiracy theories about vaccines and 5G and has shared many wild ideas about the coronavirus that are quite frankly unfounded and based in literally zero fact, and only now has Facebook decided to yeet Pete Evans off their platform for good.