Facebook was accused of smothering free speech when it only reversed its policy on Wednesday after Joe Biden ordered the CIA to probe if the virus came from a Wuhan lab.
Joe Biden s team ended a State Department investigation into Wuhan lab
The investigation was begun by Mike Pompeo s allies in fall and ran until spring
One of those involved in probe said no evidence showed virus came from bats
David Asher was part of State Department arms control and verification bureau
He said his team found no evidence coronavirus came from animals
Biden s team in February or March decided to end their research
Critics of the effort said it was overtly political and designed to burnish Trump
Trump had long claimed that the Wuhan theory for COVID-19 was likely
Many scientists initially disregarded the theory but are now accepting it
The United States Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would require the Biden administration and the director of national intelligence to declassify intelligence about the origins of the coronavirus.
Facebook will allow users to claim on its platform that COVID-19 may have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China - a reversal of its previous policy which banned such comments.
Republicans are blasting Facebook for its sudden turnaround after the company announced it would no longer remove posts that claim COVID-19 is man made.