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Democrat presidential nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced online that another of his interviews has been removed from social media giant YouTube.
Kennedy announced that his interview with former New York Post reporter Al Guart had been pulled from the prominent video-sharing platform.
President Biden’s Democratic challenger in the 2024 primary has already seen one of his interviews removed from YouTube for an apparent violation of the website’s vaccine misinformation policy.
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Democrat presidential nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced online that yet another of his interviews has been removed from social media giant YouTube. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/File)
“(YouTube) just picked up another one of my videos, featuring former NY Post (Guart) political reporter,” Kennedy wrote in a Twitter thread on Tuesday. “People made it a point that Russia supposedly manipulated internet information to influence presidential elections. Shouldn’t we be concerned if giant tech companies are doing the same?”
“When industry and government are so closely linked, there is little difference between ‘private’ and ‘government’ censorship,” he continued. private companies controlling the public square.”
Kennedy wrote that the “Twitter files proved that numerous government agencies, acting through the FBI, told Twitter who to censor” and that “Twitter complied”.
“No doubt Facebook, YouTube and the rest have received similar requests,” Kennedy wrote.
“In the case of my interview with (Guart), (YouTube) probably acted on its own initiative,” he continued. “It has internalized the political wishes of the establishment in such a way that it knows what to censor without being told.”
Google, YouTube’s parent company, did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Kennedy’s comments came after YouTube removed another interview between the Democratic presidential nominee and podcast host Jordan Peterson, citing the website’s vaccine misinformation policy.
This month, both Kennedy and Peterson tweeted that the video-sharing website removed their interview from an episode of Peterson’s show, accusing the social media platform of censorship and meddling in a presidential campaign.
A Google spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital that YouTube “removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel for violating YouTube’s global policy on misleading information about vaccines, which prohibits content claiming vaccines cause chronic side effects beyond rare side effects.” which are recognized by health authorities.”
Earlier this month, both Kennedy and Peterson tweeted that the video-sharing website removed their interview from an episode of Peterson’s show, accusing the social media platform of censorship and meddling in a presidential campaign. (Fox News digital)
The spokesperson also said the company has “removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel showing a conversation with Robert F Kennedy Jr.” and that “Google’s Community Guidelines apply equally to all creators on our platform, regardless of their political stance.”
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“As per our global vaccine misinformation policy, we remove false claims about currently administered vaccines that have been approved and confirmed to be safe and effective by local health authorities and the WHO. This includes content that falsely claims that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects. , claims that vaccines do not reduce disease transmission or contraction, or contains false information about the substances in vaccines. This includes content that falsely claims that approved vaccines cause autism, cancer or infertility, or that substances in vaccines can follow those who receive them.”
“Our policy does not only cover specific routine vaccinations, such as for measles or hepatitis B, but also applies to general statements about vaccines,” the spokesperson said. “Content that would otherwise violate our Community Guidelines may remain on YouTube if it has an educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic (EDSA) context, such as expressing opposing opinions about the comments that violate our policies.”
In the interview, Kennedy said that “much of the sexual dysphoria” America sees stems from exposure to chemicals in the water.
Houston Keene is a political writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene
