YouTube SILENCES YouTuber An0maly for Video of DeSantis Telling Students Masks Are Optional

An0maly, a YouTube user who posted a video of comments about masking by Florida Governor was targeted by the YouTube oligarchs at Mount Censorlympus. Ron DeSantis (R).  

The video that sent the YouTube censors off showed DeSantis telling Middleton High School students at the University of South Florida: “You do not have to wear those masks.” An0maly, who has over 259,000 subscribers, suggested that either the war in Ukraine or terrible midterm polling numbers were causing Democrats to change their collective tune on COVID-19 and ease restrictions. “[N]ow that they’re easing off of restrictions, I think it’s really nice of Ron DeSantis to be like, ‘You don’t have to do this.’ Because it’s not like kids are doing this normally, like, ‘Oh, I just thought to do this.’ They were forced to do it, mandated to do it and told they’d be kicked out of school if they didn’t do it for years.” YouTube accused An0maly of violating its dubious “Medical Misinformation policies.”

An0maly excoriatedThe platform was suspended by @TeamYouTube for sharing the viral clip of Ron DeSantis telling kids the masks are optional. “My channel was just suspended @TeamYouTube for sharing the viral clip of Ron DeSantis telling kids the masks are optional,” he tweeted. “We are not allowed to show video footage of American politicians in this ‘free country’? CORRECT THIS YOU ABSOLUTE AUTHORITARIAN PSYCHOPATHS.” 

I just got my channel suspended by @TeamYouTubeThank you for sharing Ron DeSantis’ viral clip telling children the masks can be removed.

Are we allowed to display video footage of American politicians within this “free nation”?

HOW TO CORRECT THIS? ABSOLUTE AUTHORITARIAN PSYCHOPATHS.

— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) March 3, 2022

YouTube initially apologized for so-called “confusion” and suggested An0maly appealed the decision, and snapshots reflect that he did: “I appealed the strike & you haven’t responded yet. Reverse it & stop screwing over my channel.” YouTube had the audacity to respond that “Your video has been removed because it violated our Medical Misinformation Policies. 0:05 would be an example.” The “0:05” mark of the video was literally just DeSantis saying, “You do not have to wear those masks.” 

We’ve confirmed your video was correctly removed for violating our Medical Misinformation policies – 0:05 is example of the violation. In order to be able to talk about similar topics again in the future we suggest that you provide sufficient context. More here: https://t.co/LLcfE5tMNM

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) March 3, 2022

Here’s the video that YouTube tried to censor:

YouTube, however is being outrageously hypocritical. Leftist super PAC MeidasTouch, which has targeted people like podcaster Joe Rogan, posted a clip of the same segment of DeSantis telling students they didn’t have to wear masks as An0maly did. However, they posted the same video but with a totally different attack on DeSantis. MeidasTouch said in a tweet that its video headlined, “Ron DeSantis bullies children for wearing masks,” initially led to it being suspended. YouTube was reactivated after MeidasTouch posted a complaint on Twitter apologized and reinstated MeidasTouch’s account: “Confirming this was a mistake – we’ve reinstated your video and removed the strike on your channel. We’re really sorry this happened!” 

Confirming this was a mistake – we’ve reinstated your video and removed the strike on your channel. We’re really sorry this happened!

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) March 3, 2022

Meanwhile, An0maly tore YouTube apart for prohibiting people from sharing  comments of elected leaders. An0maly pointed out that multiple YouTube users posted the same video of DeSantis’s comments to students and remained uncensored. Apparently, you just need the correct left-wing politics to bypass YouTube’s censorship.

Fuck your self! @TeamYouTube

You rejected my appeal for the suspension of my channel for including a video of Ron DeSantis, the sitting Governor of Florida, & analyzing it like dozens of other channels on your website.

You are evil, authoritarian sickos. Repent & apologize. pic.twitter.com/DF0lsyjjur

— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) March 3, 2022

An MRC Free Speech America study found that Big Tech platforms censored speech on COVID-19 they didn’t like over 800 times, and the victims included licensed doctors. YouTube, for example nuked a conversation between Joe Rogan (a podcaster) and Dr. Peter McCullough (cardiologist) about the COVID-19 epidemic in December 2021.

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