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Albo’s government to appoint itself social media’s truth police

2 August 2023

4:45 AM

2 August 2023

4:45 AM

Remember the media frenzy that tried to debunk the possibility that Covid came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology? The idea was frequently branded as dangerous misinformation. People expressing their suspicion over Wuhan were often declared ‘wild conspiracy agitators’ who were doing ‘harm’ to the community. The community had to be protected from such reckless speculation! (Or so the debunking argument went.

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