YouTube appears to have censored a speech about COVID-19 vaccines by Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA)….and it touted the effectiveness of American COVID-19 vaccinations.
Are any mere statements from the right about COVID-19 tripping Big Tech’s censorship radar? “Rep. Darrell Issa (Republican from California) attacked YouTube following the removal of a speech that he had given. In a phone interview with Fox News, Issa cited the censorship as proof that its algorithms are biased against conservatives,” Fox News summarized Nov. 9.
“YouTube alleged that Issa’s speech violated its rules against anti-vaccine misinformation, even though the only reference to vaccines that Issa made in the speech was to tout the superiority of the American COVID-19 vaccines over the Russian Sputnik vaccine.”
According to Fox News, Issa suggested that Big Tech is restricting speech based on their identity, not what they say.
It’s amazing to me that they call me a vaccine denier because I was referring to our product being superior than one from another country. This is an incredible level of scrutiny and it shows how they judge people based on what they have to say.
Fox News further observed: “The American vaccines are widely acknowledged to be superior to the Russian version, which U.S. authorities don’t count toward its immunization requirements for foreign nationals seeking to enter the country.“
Issa claims that other sources were not censored because of the same claim. This makes the censorship all the more bizarre. “They don’t take down the AP, they don’t take down the NYT, but they will take down Darrell Issa for a completely benign statement that our product was better,” he said, according to Fox News.
According to reports, Issa spoke in July at the EDGE2021 conference that focuses on government technology. Issa reportedly summarized: “I used the analogy that just like the original Sputnik, when the Russians were first and we were better, they came out with their vaccine first but ours was better.”
As of the publishing of this blog, YouTube has not responded to inquiry from MRC Free Speech America as to whether Issa’s grievances against the platform are legitimate.
YouTube is renowned for its faulty censorship, which has been criticized by conservatives. YouTube was censored. reinstatedThe platform featured the Ron Paul Institute channel in September. Ron Paul is a former Republican Congressman from Texas. YouTube also removed a Sept. 11, 2001 commemorative video posted by an ACT For America staffer, explaining: “[W]e think it violates our violent criminal organizations policy.” YouTube later reinstated the video.
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This post was last modified on November 10, 2021 4:59 pm
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