YouTube says it has removed a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking with podcast host Jordan Peterson for spreading what the company says is vaccine misinformation.
after years as an anti-vaccine crusader. The video's removal came amid a broader tug-of-war online between vaccine conspiracy theorists and prominent doctors."We removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel for violating YouTube’s general vaccine misinformation policy, which prohibits content that alleges that vaccines cause chronic side effects, outside of rare side effects that are recognized by health authorities," YouTube said Monday in a statement to NBC News.
"Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates?" Kennedy asked on Twitter, where the video remains online. At least one clip of the Peterson-Kennedy interview still appears on TikTok. A representative for TikTok did not immediately have a comment.
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