Good News From Global Health About Corona … And A Warning

YouTube has announced that it will remove content promoting that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause serious health effects, stepping up efforts against vaccine misinformation.

And the Wall Street Journal reported that among the content to be removed, videos linking vaccines to autism, cancer and infertility.

The site said it removed more than 130,000 clips since last year for violating the platform’s vaccine policy.

YouTube said: “We have regularly seen false claims about coronavirus vaccines turn into misinformation about vaccines in general. We are now at a point where the intensification of the work we started with COVID-19 is over. important than ever. “

The newspaper quoted a spokesperson for the site as saying that YouTube has permanently blocked several channels linked to spreading false information about vaccines.

YouTube said it would continue to allow videos on vaccine policies, new vaccine trials, historic vaccine successes or failures, as well as personal testimony related to vaccines. This policy reflects what the Company considers important for public discussion and debate.

Also this week, the site suspended the publishing privileges of RT DE, a German-language service of Russian public media company RT, due to misinformation about Corona.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Twitter that the measure represented “a blatant censorship and suppression of free speech” and that Russia was considering retaliatory measures.

YouTube’s actions come at a time when social media platforms face leniency charges with the spread of false information about the Corona virus.

US President Joe Biden had said misinformation on social media about Covid-19 and vaccination led to “killing people”, while Facebook dismissed criticism of the US president.

And at a time when the delta mutation leads to an increase in the number of infections, the White House, worried about the failure of the vaccination campaign, has increased its tone against the big tech groups, asking them to go the extra mile to fight against disinformation. .