Wilson Edwards regularly posted that U.S. officials were using 'enormous pressure and even intimidation' to get scientists to blame China for COVID-19.
The disinformation network was revealed in a call to reporters that included a discussion about the deletion of about 600 Facebook and Instagram accounts as part of the purge.A network helped spread false information about COVID-19 through many accounts, including that of a fictitious Swiss biologist, Facebook said on Wednesday."In effect it worked like an online hall of mirrors, endlessly reflecting the original fake persona and its anti-US disinformation," said Nimmo.
. One post on Instagram called him"the worst president ever!" The group behind the effort also created accounts on Twitter, which has since suspended the account supposedly created by Edwards.
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