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YouTube to remove videos spreading abortion falsehoods
The Associated Press ^ | July 21, 2022

Posted on 07/21/2022 2:53:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) — YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure that is being banned or restricted across a broad swath of the U.S.

The move announced Thursday by the Google-owned video site comes about a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that had protected the legality of abortion in the country for nearly 50 years.

YouTube said its crackdown will expunge content promoting unsafe at-home abortions, as well as misinformation about the safety of undergoing the procedure in clinics located in states where it remains legal.

The purge of misleading abortion videos will ramp up over the next few weeks, according to YouTube.

The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade has increased pressure on technology companies to take steps so that their devices and digital services can’t be used to shadow women seeking abortions or steer them in directions that could threaten their health.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; democrats; journalism; life; media; press; youtube

1 posted on 07/21/2022 2:53:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“’Market place of ideas’.....what’s that?”


2 posted on 07/21/2022 2:55:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer


3 posted on 07/21/2022 2:58:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another internet giant bows down willingly to serve the interests of the left.


4 posted on 07/21/2022 3:00:01 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Damn it! We need Trump! America First!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

RUMBLE


5 posted on 07/21/2022 3:03:40 PM PDT by Revel
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To: BenLurkin

Aspirin prevents the need for abortion.


6 posted on 07/21/2022 3:17:49 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does You Tube acknowledge that abortion is the killing of a life???


7 posted on 07/21/2022 3:27:01 PM PDT by elpadre (W )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Which ones? That babies are not human beings? That babies do not feel pain when murdered via an abortion? That mothers don’t regret killing their babies? That it is a simple form of birth control, giving mom’s ability to whore around?


8 posted on 07/21/2022 3:28:20 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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Who cares?

Don't like it? Drop GOOGLE, YouTube and everything else GOOGLE...like Chrome, your phone (glued to your hand) the personal spy you invited into your home because you're too lazy to get off your ass to turn the oven/lights/radio/TV/thermostat etc. on/off.

9 posted on 07/21/2022 3:30:43 PM PDT by lewislynn (Trump accomplished more in one term than any one President in your lifetime.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“YouTube said its crackdown will expunge content promoting unsafe at-home abortions, as well as misinformation about the safety of undergoing the procedure in clinics located in states where it remains legal.”

Legal CYA from lawsuits after crazed libtard zombie women try to kill their babies 🤪


10 posted on 07/21/2022 3:32:42 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about start with... “It’s just a clump of cells.”


11 posted on 07/21/2022 4:10:02 PM PDT by nitzy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I bet YT would not touch Dr. Bernard Nathanson’s “Silent Scream” with a ten-foot forceps.


12 posted on 07/21/2022 4:38:25 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew ("Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." -G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Add to these, there are false reports of medications being denied because they might induce abortions. The most egregious of these was a report that methotrexate is being denied to people who have lupus, psoriasis, and cancer because that drug is used to end early ectopic pregnancies.


13 posted on 07/21/2022 4:42:42 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good. We won’t have to hear the coat hanger lie anymore. Wait...what? Sorry, my bad.


14 posted on 07/21/2022 5:48:02 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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