YouTube accused Rand Paul of censoring him and has forced Senator Rand Paul to leave.
He has been critical about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s views on vaccine mandates since the pandemic. Fauci was repeatedly criticized for his changing views regarding the prevention of COVID-19 spreading and the economic recovery following the pandemic. Paul claimed that Fauci has been silenced by Big Tech platforms such as YouTube because he spoke out against Fauci.
“This has become so polarized that you’re either completely in the bag with Fauci or completely opposed to him,” Paul said last year. “There is no one wanting to actually get to the truth of where this came from or understand that this could happen again.”
In today’s press release, Paul said Big Tech platforms were waging an “anti-progress of science war.”
“Over the last year, YouTube has continued to wage its dangerous, anti-progress of science war against free speech, choosing to act in lockstep with government and ban videos posted by Dr. Paul that dared to contradict the government’s position,” the release said. “These videos included conversations with journalists where he discussed the efficacy of masks, particularly cloth masks, and a video explaining the science behind why cloth masks don’t work.”
Paul said that while he supports the right of private companies to ban whoever they want, he believes that a “marketplace of ideas” is an essential element of a free-thinking society.
“Today I begin my exodus from Big Tech, starting with the worst censor of all, YouTube,” Paul said. “As a libertarian leaning Senator, I think private companies have the right to ban me if they want to, however, those of us who believe that truth comes from disputation and that the marketplace of ideas is a prerequisite for innovation should shun the close-minded censors and take our ideas elsewhere, which is exactly what I’m doing.”
Paul will now post videos to his Rumble channel, a video posting alternative.
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