{"id":211217,"date":"2020-07-31T06:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T06:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=211217"},"modified":"2020-08-03T07:18:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T07:18:47","slug":"youtube-outlaws-contradicting-the-world-health-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=211217","title":{"rendered":"YouTube outlaws \u201ccontradicting\u201d the World Health Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Google\u2019s \u201canti-misinformation\u201d rules outright ban free debate and expression on Covid19<\/em><\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Catte Black \u2013 Off-Guardian July 29, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/YouTube-censored.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/YouTube-censored-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/YouTube-censored-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/YouTube-censored-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/YouTube-censored.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">YouTube\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/9891785\">censorship of alternative Covid19 narratives<\/a><\/strong><\/span> has become increasingly overt. Back on May 20th it released its still current \u2018policy\u2019 which unashamedly tells potential creators:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Don\u2019t post content on YouTube <strong>if it includes any of the following<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The list of unacceptable topics and views is fairly extensive<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Denial that COVID-19 exists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Claims that people have not died from COVID-19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Claims that there\u2019s a guaranteed vaccine for COVID-19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Claims that a specific treatment or medicine is a guaranteed cure for COVID-19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Claims that certain people have immunity to COVID-19 due to their race or nationality<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Encouraging taking home remedies instead of getting medical treatment when sick<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Discouraging people from consulting a medical professional if they\u2019re sick<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Content that claims that holding your breath can be used as a diagnostic test for COVID-19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Videos alleging that if you avoid Asian food, you won\u2019t get the coronavirus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Videos alleging that setting off fireworks can clean the air of the virus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Claims that COVID-19 is caused by radiation from 5G networks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Videos alleging that the COVID-19 test is the cause of the virus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Claims that countries with hot climates will not experience the spread of the virus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Videos alleging that social distancing and self-isolation are not effective in reducing the spread of the virus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Now we may all agree some of these banned opinions sound odd, even ridiculous. But that\u2019s not the point. Free speech includes the freedom to be odd, ridiculous and plain wrong. Once that right is gone \u2013 free speech no longer exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">We also need to be sure we don\u2019t let the more risible elements obscure the fact that some very rational and mainstream avenues of thought are being banned from expression here. Including incredibly sweeping statements such as [our emphasis]:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">YouTube doesn\u2019t allow content that spreads medical misinformation that <strong>contradicts the World Health Organization (WHO) or local health authorities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">But the prohibition that might be most significant is the first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Apparently you can\u2019t go on YouTube and simply say covid19 doesn\u2019t exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">You can say bubonic plague doesn\u2019t exist. You can say malaria doesn\u2019t exist. You can question the reality of cancer, diabetes, rubella, chicken pox, hantavirus, African Green Monkey disease, the common cold and any other pathology you can think of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Except covid19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The real question is \u2013 why?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Can you spare $1.00 a month to support independent media<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Unlike the Guardian we are NOT funded by Bill &amp; Melinda Gates, or any other NGO or government. So a few coins in our jar to help us keep going are always appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ccffff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/offguardian\">Patreon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ccffff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?token=fTMUTtbNWht2MeQh7m1wDYRUV5iT_7Vu7glldXRDXoQGj5ATF1Jat1anckvHJpuPKxR9zW&amp;country.x=GB&amp;locale.x=GB\">Paypal<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2020\/07\/29\/youtube-outlaws-contradicting-the-world-health-organization\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giant imposes draconian ban on anything that deviates from the official narrative on Covid-19  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,42,105,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-controlling-the-news-andor-the-free-exchange-of-ideas-and-information","category-coronavirus","category-Health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211219,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211217\/revisions\/211219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}