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YouTube has removed all anti-vaccination videos from its platform.
YouTube has declared that it would remove all anti-vaccine content in order to maintain its firm position against damaging information linked to COVID-19. This will include material that is incorrect regarding other authorized vaccinations.
In a blog post titled Managing Harmful Vaccine Content on YouTube, the world's largest video streaming platform stated that it was expanding its medical misinformation policy with new vaccine-related restrictions.
According to YouTube's standards, statements that the flu vaccination causes infertility and that the MMR injection, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella, can cause autism are examples of prohibited content.
According to a YouTube representative, the Alphabet-owned firm is also deleting channels connected with many notable anti-vaccine campaigners, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Mercola.
This action comes in the wake of harsh criticism leveled at digital behemoths like Facebook and Twitter for failing to do enough to prevent the spread of misleading information about COVID-19 and health in general.
Despite the fact that YouTube is cracking down on disinformation, it is still under criticism from a variety of sources for restricting the right to share knowledge.
For example, when YouTube removed Russian state-backed broadcaster RT's German-language channels for violating the platform's COVID-19 misinformation policy, Russia retaliated by threatening to block YouTube and labeling the action "unprecedented information aggression."
