Carl Heneghan refers to Facebook's censorship of a Spectator article about
the new Danish study of masks; but his point applies to all the major "social
media," and to all findings at variance with the official COVID narrative.

‘What happened to academic freedom?’ Scientist fumes as Facebook flags Covid-19 study questioning mask effectiveness as ‘false’

21 Nov, 2020 01:23 / Updated 1 day ago
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‘What happened to academic freedom?’ Scientist fumes as Facebook flags Covid-19 study questioning mask effectiveness as ‘false’
A mural promoting wearing of masks in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 2, 2020. ©  REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo
Social media can’t be allowed to suppress scientific discourse, critics said after Facebook ‘fact-checkers’ flagged as ‘false’ an Oxford professor’s report citing a Danish study on the effectiveness of masks against Covid-19.

“[What] has happened to academic freedom and freedom of speech? There is nothing in this article that is ‘false,’” Carl Heneghan, the director of the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University, said on Friday.

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