“YouTube has barred Sky News Australia from uploading new content for a week, saying it had breached rules on spreading Covid-19 misinformation,” writes the BBC.
Long-time Slashdot reader Hope Thelps shares their report:
YouTube issued a “strike” under its three-strike policy, the last of which means permanent removal. It did not point to specific items but said it opposed material that “could cause real-world harm”.
The TV channel’s digital editor said the decision was a disturbing attack on the ability to think freely. Sky News Australia is owned by a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and has 1.85 million YouTube subscribers. The ban could affect its revenue stream from Google.
A YouTube statement said it had “clear and established Covid-19 medical misinformation policies based on local and global health authority guidance”. A spokesperson told the Guardian it “did not allow content that denies the existence of Covid-19” or which encouraged people “to use hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus”. Neither has been proven to be effective against Covid.read more
YouTube Bans Sky News Australia for One Week Over Misinformation
