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YouTube mentioned on Tuesday it had barred the right-wing outlet One America Information Community from posting new movies for every week after it broke the location’s guidelines in opposition to content material that claims there’s a assured treatment for Covid-19.
A spokeswoman for YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google, mentioned OAN had additionally been suspended from monetising its movies because of repeated violations of the Covid-19 misinformation coverage and different guidelines. OAN must reapply to be allowed to monetise once more.
US President Donald Trump has promoted OAN, calling it a “nice different” to Fox Information in a tweet this month. The outlet has amplified Trump’s unsupported claims of voter fraud within the US presidential election.
YouTube mentioned it has a “three-strikes coverage” earlier than an account is eliminated and this constituted OAN’s first strike. OAN didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
The YouTube spokeswoman mentioned an OAN video, now eliminated, had violated its coronavirus misinformation guidelines by claiming that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug touted by Trump regardless of a scarcity of scientific proof, was a treatment for Covid-19.
YouTube and different main on-line platforms are beneath scrutiny from lawmakers and researchers to curb misinformation on their websites. Following the November election, Reuters recognized a number of YouTube channels earning profits from adverts and memberships that have been amplifying debunked accusations about voting fraud.
At a congressional listening to final week with the CEOs of Fb Inc and Twitter Inc, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal criticised Google, YouTube’s proprietor, saying it had been given a “cross” and was being rewarded for its “timidity” in content material moderation.
4 Democratic senators additionally despatched a letter on Tuesday to YouTube’s chief government officer Susan Wojcicki urging the video platform to take away content material that they mentioned unfold misinformation on election outcomes and urgent for info on measures taken forward of the runoff US Senate elections in Georgia. – Reuters
