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YouTube removes video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking with podcast host Jordan Peterson for spreading what the company said was vaccine misinformation.
NBC News ^ | David Ingram and Ben Goggin

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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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’m glad I caught it in time. I’ve not moved on to any new talk radio since Rush but I have been listening to prerecorded Jordan Peterson videos recently.


21 posted on 06/19/2023 7:09:23 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: Macho MAGA Man

When does the Justice Department and the FBI start and investigation on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?


22 posted on 06/19/2023 7:09:26 PM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: airborne
Funny how they call Peterson a right-winger but don’t characterize Kennedy as one.

Peterson is being dragged to the right because his intellect and honest questions are dragging his will. By temperament, he WANTS to be a liberal. The TRUTH, catalyzed by those leftists who brook no dissent, and his HONEST search (and maybe his Catholic wife) all are moving him in the right direction. He will never be a full-blooded right winger. That's okay. He is a worthy ally.
23 posted on 06/19/2023 7:16:49 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: jimjohn

We’re in for a wild ride.


24 posted on 06/19/2023 7:17:30 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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Liberals censoring liberals. Low on my list of issues.


25 posted on 06/19/2023 7:18:23 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The real.misinformation is “safe and effective”.


26 posted on 06/19/2023 7:29:45 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Users need to do whatever they can to promote Rumble, and move as much of youtube’s audience away as possible.


27 posted on 06/19/2023 7:32:21 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Except it’s not misinformation. It’s truth.


28 posted on 06/19/2023 7:36:42 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Like Youtube has all kinds of people with medical degrees that are better than RFKjr’s.


29 posted on 06/19/2023 7:44:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer (My Talents Are So Hidden That Even I Can't Find Them ...)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

You can tell who is in power by who defines the truth.


30 posted on 06/19/2023 7:45:20 PM PDT by bray (Dr Fauxi killed millions)
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To: SkyDancer

“Like Youtube has all kinds of people with medical degrees that are better than RFKjr’s.”

Kennedy is a global warming activist LAWYER! No medical expertise.


31 posted on 06/19/2023 7:53:47 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Flaming Conservative

It not medical interference and hiding relevant information it’s just political interference hiding relevant information. I really dislike YouTube.


32 posted on 06/19/2023 7:55:02 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored !)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Sure sounds like youtube is admitting they are in fact, a publisher. Actually most of the social media companies are constantly making overt acts declaring they are all publishers. Section 230 immunity appears to be not applicable for any of them


33 posted on 06/19/2023 7:57:53 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Don’t you just love some liberal with a ring in his nose and pink and purple hair sitting in a cubicle at Google deciding what you can hear, read or see?!!!!

The day will come that this censoring by Google will be seen as arrogant Liberalism in the same way McCarthy hearings are now viewed.


34 posted on 06/19/2023 8:00:50 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Thought Police Alert...

Stinking communists never quit...


35 posted on 06/19/2023 8:07:27 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Try here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5BBhDCnvxU&t=193s

I found it under Grassrootsarmy’s list of videos.

;^)


36 posted on 06/19/2023 8:11:07 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Kung Flu, today's Hypochondriacal psychosis (aka: Delusional parasitosis))
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To: egfowler3

Thanks bud! I appreciate it. Now I’m going to watch it and see what all the ruckus is about.


37 posted on 06/19/2023 8:15:18 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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To: Revel

I listen to Rumble often (and invested) and have a pretty good feed selection now but there are some things they really need to fix or they will be a poor competitor.

They need to give users control of the autovideo play. I listened to a John Solomon video the other day and the phone rang so I got up and walked away from computer. Kids were here in the living room and when I came back it was playing the second minute of a bunch of bad mouthed tarts having the most VULGAR conversation about female hygiene.

Why in the world would a video company cut to something like that automatically for a viewer that has never watched that smut nor is it in my feed? It really made me angry but there does not seem to be any way to contact Rumble or give them any feedback. I am not for censorship but have some common sense! I guess it confirms that there is no algorithm abut this is a horrible business model!

Why don’t they give us the ability to block channels or even topics such as that slap crap. Never watched it and have no interest in watching it. If someone else enjoys it great and (again) I am not for censorship but I would like the ability to remove it and other garbage from my account when I am signed in.

Penalize or limit the 10 second to 1 or 2 minute excerpts from shows from your contributors. My feed is full of them and its pretty frustrating if I click to hear what the person and have to hunt for the rest of it. Why not provide the entire segment instead of cutting an 8 minute video into four 2 minute sections? Is this a payment thing for Rumble? It is very irritating.

Rumble will continue to be second rate unless they work to improve the experience and I am second-guessing my investment. No issues with performance but they need to open a forum or some avenue for feedback.


38 posted on 06/19/2023 8:27:50 PM PDT by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: tsowellfan
Are they like the “world government” or a god or something?

IMO.. Youtube is nothing more than a POS as they have PROVED over and over again!

39 posted on 06/19/2023 8:29:04 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: egfowler3
I appreciate the effort.
40 posted on 06/19/2023 8:33:22 PM PDT by Beowulf
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