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YouTube has removed 800K videos containing COVID-19 misinformation in past year
Becker's Hospital Review ^ | March 12, 2021 | Katie Adams

Posted on 03/13/2021 5:30:17 PM PST by buckalfa

YouTube has taken down 800,000 videos containing COVID-19 misinformation since February 2020, The Hill reported March 12.

YouTube spokesperson Elena Hernandez told The Hill the website has removed 30,000 videos containing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation since October. She said the removed videos "included claims about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict local health authorities or the World Health Organization."

YouTube's disclosure of the number of COVID-19 misinformation videos it has removed comes amid tech platforms' collective push to impose stronger measures against COVID-19 misinformation.

Twitter recently revamped its policy, establishing new rules that target false claims about vaccines and lead to flagged tweets, account locks and permanent suspensions. Facebook recently donated $120 million in ad credits to health agencies, began featuring links to local health websites that help people understand their COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and expanded the list of COVID-19-related false claims it removes.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; chinavirus; chinavirusvaccine; coronafascism; covid; vaccine; youtube
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" ~ Orwell
1 posted on 03/13/2021 5:30:17 PM PST by buckalfa
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To: buckalfa

How many were falsehoods from Fauci, Dr Ted, WHO, China, of Bill Gates?


2 posted on 03/13/2021 5:32:33 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: buckalfa

big pharma cannot be sued for what has been wrought,
but YOUTUBE is only saved by the corrupt Congress and SCOTUS
(a curse on them both for their utter abdication and
destruction of America and its Constitution and Freedom).


3 posted on 03/13/2021 5:33:19 PM PST by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: buckalfa

Not misinformation.

Information that does not bow to the party line used to control the masses through fear.


4 posted on 03/13/2021 5:33:52 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: buckalfa

Are they removing any references to China, hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin and corticosteroids?


5 posted on 03/13/2021 5:34:53 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: buckalfa

The Vatican determined that Galileo was spreading astronomical misinformation four hundred years ago, and tried to remove his work also.


6 posted on 03/13/2021 5:38:10 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: buckalfa

So good of the elite to clarify what is right-think for us fools. What would we ever do, without their benevolent knowledge? Have to decide for ourselves? Ha!


7 posted on 03/13/2021 5:40:40 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: buckalfa

Thankfully you can still find Nude Yoga girls on Youtube...

Get the good stuff, lol


8 posted on 03/13/2021 5:42:00 PM PST by baclava
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To: buckalfa

WOW.... 800K vids on rona “misinformation”.

Guess the masses are simply too dumb to sift through what information we’ve found and come to our own contusions.

Welcome to 1984 and our new benevolent overlords.


9 posted on 03/13/2021 5:44:25 PM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: buckalfa

Misinformation is very dangerous!


10 posted on 03/13/2021 5:45:14 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: buckalfa
Did Elena Hernandez use finger quotes when she referenced “misinformation”?
It’s information. Might be true, might be false. Just like the crap that we are fed from the WHO, CDC, Big Media, our Government overlords, etc.
It’s up to the receiver of the “information” to use discernment, and use due diligence to assess the information. Having Big Tech, and Big Government censor what we receive ensures that we just receive government approved propaganda. And I’m sure our overlords like it this way.
And it is wrong. As others have noted, 1984 was supposed to have been a warning, not an instruction manual.
11 posted on 03/13/2021 5:46:08 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Diogenesis

I see no reason to go to YouTube for misinformation as our very resident conspiracists right here are excellent at spreading bad info. Saves me the trip.


12 posted on 03/13/2021 5:46:55 PM PST by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: buckalfa

They are not in any position to determine misinformation. They are just a platform.


13 posted on 03/13/2021 5:46:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: buckalfa
YouTube has removed 800K videos containing COVID-19 misinformation in past year

YouCan'tTube.

14 posted on 03/13/2021 5:47:00 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: buckalfa

How many of those were HCQ and Ivermectin based videos? I bet a considerable percentage.

I’ve been pushing Ivermectin here for at least a couple months at this point.

IANAD or public health professional, but my understanding is that technically, the vaccines are not “approved”, but rather have “emergency use authorizations.” These EUAs could only be granted if there were no available effective therapeutics. So the FedGov public health establishment had to refuse to recognize the efficacy of HCQ and Ivermectin-based therapies in order to be able to grant those EUAs. By doing this, they greatly increased the death and suffering due to Covid.

If we had a public health edifice that was worth anything, front line health care workers and public-facing store employees would be on Covid prophylaxis. The Federal public health agencies (FDA/NIH/CDC) have seemingly completely ignored cheap effective re-purposed therapeutics that could have significantly reduced deaths and transmission.

Ivermectin is effective for COVID-19: meta analysis of 35 studies
https://ivmmeta.com/

Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
https://covid19criticalcare.com/
Key protocols from this group use Ivermectin.

COVID Care for Clinicians
https://www.evms.edu/covid-19/covid_care_for_clinicians/
Ditto this group.

India has been using HCQ and Ivermectin for many months as therapeutics and for prophylaxis. Their curves are quite impressive, scroll down to see them here.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/
Anyone able to interpret a basic graph will be impressed. Why is this not being talked about in Western media?

Also from India:
Ziverdo Kit Contains Zinc Acetate 50 mg, Doxycycline 100 mg & Ivermectin 12 mg Dispersible Tablets. It is currently indicated in the first line treatment for COVID-19 positive patients. Quadruple Therapy with Ivermectin is effective in treating COVID-19
https://www.rxindia.com/medicines/medicines-by-therapeutic-class/covid-19/ziverdo-kit/
That’s a link to an Indian online pharmacy selling that Covid treatment kit for under $2, just add vitamin D3.

The Mystery Behind India’s Success in Flattening the Curve
https://covexit.com/the-mystery-behind-india-success-in-flattening-the-curve/
Hint: There are a several hundred million HCQ and Ivermectin tablets as a key component of early therapeutic regimens.

Also, the meta-study link has links to a number of other studies. Here’s the one for HCQ.

HCQ is effective for COVID-19 when used early: real-time meta analysis of 197 studies
https://hcqmeta.com/

The War on ‘Misinformation’ Claims Two Victims. Truth. And the Right to Treatment.
https://trialsitenews.com/the-war-on-misinformation-claims-two-victims-truth-and-the-right-to-treatment/

I continue to think the media, Big Tech and FedGov’s handling of these therapeutics criminal


15 posted on 03/13/2021 5:48:46 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda esta)
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To: buckalfa

Is there an “approved way to cook a chicken?” Is that next? The chicken Nazis are coming......


16 posted on 03/13/2021 5:55:51 PM PST by Fungi
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To: baclava

thanks will check it out


17 posted on 03/13/2021 5:55:58 PM PST by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: buckalfa

Misinformation?

So, I guess they’ll be removing all the crackpot medical advice on there, too!


18 posted on 03/13/2021 6:01:20 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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When in history have those who stifle speech and debate turned out to be the good guys?


19 posted on 03/13/2021 6:07:39 PM PST by Doofer ( )
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To: FreeReign

ThemTube now.


20 posted on 03/13/2021 6:08:18 PM PST by JennysCool ( "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." ― Mark Twain )
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