Instagram Reinstates Personal Account Of RFK Jr.

The Washington Post reports:

Instagram on Sunday lifted its suspension against the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an outspoken anti-vaccine activist and nephew of the late president John F. Kennedy, who is running for president as a long shot Democratic challenger to President Biden. The platform removed Kennedy’s account in 2021 for “repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” and later in 2022 took down the account of his nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense.

“As he is now an active candidate for president of the United States, we have restored access to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s, Instagram account,” Andy Stone, spokesman for Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta, said in a statement to The Washington Post. While Kennedy’s personal Instagram account has been restored, Facebook and Instagram are maintaining their suspensions against his organization, Stone confirmed.

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Instagram lifted its suspension Sunday against the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and nephew of the late John F. Kennedy, who is running as a long-shot Democratic challenger to President Biden. https://t.co/zlBP3f3QNf

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