Posted on 06/19/2023 6:41:03 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
YouTube said Monday that it had removed a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking with podcast host Jordan Peterson for spreading what the company said was vaccine misinformation.
The decision is the latest challenge for Kennedy as he seeks to find support for a Democratic presidential run after years as an anti-vaccine crusader. The video was removed amid a broader tug-of-war online between vaccine conspiracy theorists and prominent doctors.
YouTube’s policies against hosting false medical information are long-standing.
"We removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel for violating YouTube’s general vaccine misinformation policy, which prohibits content that alleges that vaccines cause chronic side effects, outside of rare side effects that are recognized by health authorities," YouTube said Monday in a statement.
Peterson, a right-wing Canadian pundit and psychologist known for his attacks on feminism and racial diversity, recorded the video as a podcast for The Daily Wire, a conservative media outlet.
Kennedy and Peterson criticized YouTube on Sunday for removing the 95-minute video. They accused the company of interfering with a presidential election campaign.
"Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates?" Kennedy asked on Twitter, where the video remains online.
It was not the first time Kennedy has lost access to social media accounts for spreading health misinformation. Last year, Facebook and Instagram cited the same reason when they suspended Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group that Kennedy founded.
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Odd how You Tube puts out a STATEMENT announcing their censorship.
Talk about being over the target.
You folk really think we’re gonna have a 2024 election, huh?
Big Brother is Alive and Well.
Biden will not be challenged. Bit Tech (apart from Twitter, maybe) has laid all their bets on Biden, they’ve already invested too much in him since 2019. They will forbid anyone using their resources to take down their anointed. They will make damn sure he wins in ‘24.
How could youtube possibly know what is or is not misinformation?
How could youtube possibly know what is or is not misinformation?
Exactly! Are they like the “world government” or a god or something?
I watched it today. Lucky I guess. It was pretty damming.
I personally would like to see JUST ONE, ANY ONE prominent doctor bet his life on the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna Clot Shots.
I don’t mean to say the doctor has to take the jab, just PAY WITH HIS LIFE if anyone dies from the Jab. There has to be a price exacted on these prominent doctors who pushed the Jab down our throats. I will NEVER FORGIVE the medical profession for becoming nothing but cheap whores to Big Pharma!!
I heard that Elon allowed them to move this video to twitter (not confirmed - but so I heard), after YouTube removed it - so people can view it on twitter (probably).
Relax... It’s just election interference.
Funny how they call Peterson a right-winger but don’t characterize Kennedy as one.
YouTube’s policies against hosting false medical information are long-standing.
Funny, they didn’t mind hosting thousands of hours of msm, Fauci, et al, lying about the virus and treatment....
Join the club RFK Jr.
“I don’t mean to say the doctor has to take the jab, just PAY WITH HIS LIFE if anyone dies from the Jab.”
That begs the question. Should someone that proselytizes against the vaccine lose his life if a non-vaccinated person dies from COVID?
Yup. We are.
The Democrats will win. As usual.
“but don’t characterize Kennedy as one.”
Because he is a certified left-wing nut.
Pretty sure RFK Jr founded the club long ago
I know. I cringed reading it but it was the only piece I found on the story.
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