That headline has been changed to “Facebook no longer treating ‘man-made’ Covid as a crackpot idea/Facebook’s policy tweak arrives as support surges in Washington for a fuller investigation into the origins of Covid-19.” The new headline minimizes the problem with Facebook, which was censorship. That’s more than just treating something like a crackpot idea. One way to treat a crackpot idea is to call it a crackpot idea — that’s the “more speech” remedy that should be our first idea for dealing with bad speech. In this case, more speech would have given us a better chance to approach the truth. By going to censorship, Facebook gummed up the speech process for a year.
Many taxpayer supported K-12 school districts use Facebook / Instagram services, including Madison.