Facebook has launched an investigation into the account of the Covid conspiracy theorist who has been banned from visiting UK hospitals.
Hannah Dean has been banned from visiting all hospitals after she insisted they are not full of coronavirus patients.
The 30-year-old claimed to be a registered journalist and posted images of hospitals across south-east England on Facebook.
But the claims have been branded "untrue and highly disrespectful" amid the ongoing pandemic, with one hospital trust stressing that pictures of empty corridors do not mean wards and intensive care units are empty.
The mum-of-two continued to post on her public Facebook profile yesterday, claiming the government is pushing unreliable testing, which is the real reason behind the struggle the NHS is facing.
But Facebook has not ruled out deleting the profile.
A spokeswoman for Facebook told us: “We are reviewing this account and will take action against any content that violates our policies.
"We remove Covid-19 misinformation that could lead to imminent physical harm, including false claims about cures, treatments, the availability of essential services or the location and severity of the outbreak."
Dean, from Fareham near Portsmouth, was warned by police on Sunday not to attend any hospital unless she has a prior appointment, is a dependent or there is a medical emergency.
She was also told to not encourage, endorse or incite another person to breach Covid-19 restrictions.
But she turned up at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester on the same day as being issued with the community protection warning (CPW), Sussex Police said.
On Monday she was issued with a community protection notice (CPN) by Hampshire Police.
Under the terms of the notice, Dean must not attend a hospital site "unless there is a legitimate reason or prior appointment".
Breaching a CPN is an offence and could lead to her being brought to court and charged.
Chief Inspector Jon Carter said: "There are a variety of tactics of dealing with this kind of unacceptable behaviour.
"We are working together with Hampshire Constabulary to ensure the best avenues to deter this behaviour from continuing are taken.”
Police previously said that Dean’s claims about hospitals had been causing "angst in the community".
The photos of corridors were claimed to be taken at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Southampton General hospital, the Princess Royal University hospital near Bromley, Kent, and St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex.
Alongside pictures said to be taken at the Portsmouth hospital, she wrote: "Hospital is the quietest I have ever seen it! I walked all over the hospital, including A&E!
"I know this is hard to get our heads around, but the government are lying to us! And the reason why they’re lying to us … is very disturbing!"
Facebook added: "For false claims we continue to work with our 80 fact-checking organisations to debunk them and direct people to authoritative sources of information."
Between March and October 2020, Facebook displayed warnings on about 167 million pieces of Covid-19 content on Facebook, pointing to debunking articles written by fact checking partners.
The company is also banning adverts that include vaccine hoaxes or discourage people from getting a vaccine and put warning labels over vaccine posts marked as false.
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