Facebook, Instagram remove Chinese network over fake ‘Swiss biologist’ COVID-19 claims Facebook proprietor Meta Platforms mentioned on Wednesday (Dec 1) it had eliminated accounts utilized by an affect operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake “Swiss biologist” saying the United States was interfering within the seek for COVID-19’s origins. Meta mentioned in a report the social media marketing campaign was “largely unsuccessful” and focused English-speaking audiences within the United States and Britain and Chinese-speaking audiences in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet. Claims by “Swiss biologist” Wilson Edwards have been extensively quoted by Chinese state media in July....