Google-owned YouTube is threatening to ban any users who question the effectiveness of face masks.<\/p>\n
Buried in the Big Tech platforms COVID-19 medical misinformation policy are clauses that allow YouTube to deplatform anyone who dares contest information about masks or contradict local health authorities or WHO.<\/p>\n
Claims that wearing a mask is dangerous or causes negative physical health effects and Claims that masks do not play a role in preventing the contraction or transmission of COVID-19 both violate the Big Tech companys misinformation terms and conditions.Later in the policy, YouTube clarifies that Claims that wearing a mask causes oxygen levels to drop to dangerous levels, Claims that masks cause lung cancer or brain damage, and Claims that wearing a mask gives you COVID-19 will also be punished.<\/p>\n
Other censored terminology and phrases include Content that recommends use of Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 and Claims that an approved COVID-19 vaccine will cause death, infertility, miscarriage, autism, or contraction of other infectious diseases.<\/p>\n
Any content that is deemed unacceptable under these terms could be punished with removal and a strike.<\/p>\n
Repeat violators are subject to losing their channel or account. If you get 3 strikes within 90 days, your channel will be terminated. You can learn more about our strikes system here, the policy notes.<\/p>\n
We may also terminate your channel or account after a single case of severe abuse, or when the channel is dedicated to a policy violation, YouTube states.<\/p>\n
In the policy, YouTube reserves the right to grant an exception to violating videos if that content includes additional context in the video, audio, title, or description.<\/p>\n
This is not a free pass to promote misinformation, YouTube claims.<\/p>\n
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. <\/p>\n
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