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throwAwaxxx666··on Backsliding on free expression around the world needs to end
I was banned from LinkedIn for 4 months for saying “Chinese virus” in the context of a post about a UK Telegraph article reporting on evidence on the origin of the virus. I did not mean to say anything more than if I was to say the Spanish Flu or German Measles or Middle Eastern Respiratory Disease. Somehow it’s been a bad thing to use the same naming pattern in case of Covid (based on where it originated)

I have back and forth emails with LinkedIn support with them telling me that saying “Chinese Virus” amounts to hate speech.