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Dr. Robert Malone, who identifies himself as a pioneer of mRNA vaccines, said that LinkedIn recently deleted his account after he made comments about mRNAÂ COVID-19 vaccines and questioned whether theyâre appropriate to give to certain groups of people.
âMy business pays for linked in premium. I have been deleted,â Malone wrote on Twitter this week. âPurchased a service from linked in to promote my company. This is very different from the YouTube or Twitter terms. This arbitrary and capricious action has damaged our business, and we deserve to be compensated.â
It appears his personal account was removed earlier this week without warning or explanation from LinkedIn, a subsidiary of Microsoft, said his wife, Jill Malone.
âHe was given no notice, no warnings,â she told Just the News. âHe has a 10-15 year old accountâhas never even had a warning. 6,000 followers.â
Malone explained on Wednesday that the âhistoric record of what I have done, stated, figured out (and when) etc. over time is a key part of establishing my credibility and track record as a professional. But despite this, the account âhas been erased completely and arbitrarily without warning or explanation,â he added.
In a subsequent tweet, Malone produced an email from a LinkedIn representative, who said that his account violated the firmâs user agreement because he posted âmisleading or inaccurate informationâ about vaccines and COVID-19.
â[LinkedIn] has provided a list of my thoughtcrimes. An amazing document,â Malone wrote.
The Epoch Times has contacted LinkedIn for comment.
Recently, Maloneâs claims to Fox News and other news outlets about giving vaccines to individuals under the age of 18 were flagged by several so-called âfact-checkingâ sites. Malone told NTDâs âThe Nation Speaksâ in late June that heart inflammation reports shift the risk-benefit ratio for children.
âVaccines save lives. These vaccines have saved lives,â Malone said, adding that believes the risks associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna outweigh the benefits among children.
Speaking to Fox News, Malone said, âI can say that the risk-benefit ratio for those 18 and below doesnât justify vaccines, and thereâs a pretty good chance that it doesnât justify vaccination in these very young adults.â
LinkedInâs move to ban Malone is the latest attempt by a Big Tech firm to curb what they describe as âmisinformationâ regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Recently, Twitter locked Harvard Medical School epidemiologist Martin Kulldorffâs account after he expressed a skeptical viewpoint on whether masks actually provide protection.
And early on in the pandemic, separately, social media firms suspended the accounts of individuals who questioned the origin of COVID-19 while positing that it may have emerged from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. However, in recent months, U.S. officials, including members of the 17-agency Intelligence Community, have begun to question the official narrative from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and World Health Organization officials, who have claimed the virus was transmitted from animals to humans at a wet market.