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Subscriber only People might have been locked indoors for much of 2020, but that doesn t mean that things were less dramatic in celeb land. While the year might have been a tumultuous one for so many, there were certain celebrities who couldn t keep their names out of the headlines.
COVID CONSPIRACY THEORIST PETE EVANS Pete Evans spruiking the BioCharger. Perhaps the biggest of those was Pete Evans. Paleo Pete became Covid Crazy Pete in 2020. The former TV chef angered many he started to position himself as a new age guru, offering nutrition and health advice that was contradictory to science and health professionals (like how sunscreen is poisonous or offering bone broth to babies.)
SYDNEY: Facebook has banned Australian celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for repeatedly spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. [.]
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Facebook pulls chef s page over Covid conspiracies
Facebook has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans after he repeatedly shared misinformation about the coronavirus.
Evans, who had about 1.5 million Facebook followers, spread conspiracy theories about vaccines which are refuted by medical experts.
Previously, Facebook had taken down individual posts from Evans deemed to be misinformation.
But the platform has now removed his entire page. We don t allow anyone to share misinformation about Covid-19 that could lead to imminent physical harm or [about] Covid-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, the company said.
Facebook said it had removed the page for repeated violations of its policies.
SYDNEY: Facebook has banned Australian celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for repeatedly spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.