YouTube has announced a total ban on vaccine misinformation videos.
JUST IN: YouTube announces total ban on vaccine misinformation and the termination of accounts of several prominent anti-vaccine influencers including Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://t.co/1F1H10bhwH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 29, 2021
From NBC News:
YouTube announced a total ban Wednesday on vaccine misinformation and the termination of the accounts of several prominent anti-vaccine influencers, including Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing “the need to remove egregious harmful content.”
YouTube already had a policy against Covid vaccine misinformation, but the new ban against broader vaccine misinformation includes content that falsely claims approved vaccines are dangerous or ineffective, including the false belief that vaccines cause autism or cancer.
Read more at NBC News.
Facing waves of misinformation, YouTube wipes vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its platform. @AmandaSeitz reports. https://t.co/gvjzT49Uyj
— AP Business News (@APBusiness) September 29, 2021
YouTube eliminating misinformation on vaccines.
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— Andy Slavitt 💙💛 (@ASlavitt) September 29, 2021
If you're doing vaccine research on YouTube you've got more problems than censorship.
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