YouTube Suspends Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson Over Covid Vaccine Video

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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson has been temporarily suspended from YouTube for allegedly spreading “harmful misinformation”

Johnson had published a video featuring doctors and medical researchers discusssing injuries related to Covid-19 vaccination.

The republican senator accused YouTube of “censoring the truth” on Friday after his roundtable discussion video, which featured “stories from doctors, scientists and the vaccine injured,” was removed from the platform.

RT reports: In the video, the Republican senator listed statistics relating to alleged vaccine side-effect victims, while his guests made comments questioning the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines in preventing death.

“Why won’t they let the vaccine injured tell their stories and medical experts give a second opinion?” Johnson questioned in a statement. “Why can’t we discuss the harmful effects of mandates?

“Apparently, the Biden administration and federal health agencies must not be questioned,” he said.

In its own statement, YouTube cited policies on reducing “the risk of real-world harm” and “preventing the spread of harmful misinformation” as the reason behind Johnson’s suspension.

It is the second time that the senator has been suspended by the platform, and his account could be permanently removed if he receives further sanctions within the next 90 days.

Since May 2020, YouTube has enforced a lengthy ‘Covid-19 medical misinformation policy’, which prohibits users from questioning the effectiveness of vaccines or claiming that they can “cause death, infertility, miscarriage, autism, or contraction of other infectious diseases.”

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    • “Waaaaah! We are not allowed to debate this event on social media!”

      Said the person posting a meme debating said event on a social media system accessible by an enormous part of the worlds population from virtually every place on earth…..

      Tell me again how you are being repressed?

      • Being able to post on what most people that use google are told is a “fake news” website isn’t my idea of freedom of speech.
        Not to mention I’ve already been banned from this platform prior.
        You should try to grow up some time. Maturity is a virtue that you obviously don’t have.
        However-due to your anger it is quite obvious you are on the wrong side of history. Truth hurts and so does losing. Enjoy your tokens to the circus.

        • The word is oppressed.

          Good catch. Yes, I should have said oppressed.

          English must be your second language. Wanna tell us whats your first?

          English is my first language and I read and write exceptionally well.

          Being able to post on what most people that use google are told is a “fake news” website isn’t my idea of freedom of speech.

          Then the issue here seems rather clearly in your definition of the term. You appear to be claiming that any social media site is required to give your views a platform. That’s not what the term usually means and it’s not terribly feasible either. No different really than if you wrote to the New York Times and demanded they print your manifesto there.

          You should try to grow up some time. Maturity is a virtue that you obviously don’t have.

          I don’t think it’s immature to appreciate the irony of someone whining about not being able to discuss a topic on social media — in a post about said topic on social media.

          Not to mention that even on this backwater website. You have far more reach than the average person back in 1800.

          However-due to your anger it is quite obvious you are on the wrong side of history. Truth hurts and so does losing.

          This really seems like projection here buddy. In fact, if you projected any harder you could point yourself at a wall and give powerpoint presentations.

          • Actually I was repeating what google calls newspunch. So your issue is with google. I thought it would be obvious that I’m talking about mainstream sites. But you didn’t get it.
            I can’t send people newspunch news because of google and snopes stating it’s fake news.
            I get it-people get offended by memes because they don’t give their brains enough time to reject the truth within. That’s not on me, that’s on them. Truth fears no scrutiny. And there was no whining. The fact is truth is censored & if you don’t know that by now, that, again, is on you. Your reply to that fact came across as you whining. I believe you actually spelt it out. Perception is a unique thing.
            Seems to me you have either too much time on your hands or you get your rocks off debating people. Since, instead of spreading truth & awareness, you’re complaining about someone posting about it. Guessing it’s too annoying to take on the trolls so you moan & complain about memes. Or maybe the word repressed was a Freudian slip for you. It’s too bad you don’t use your time for humanity & truth instead of nitpicking it. Find someone else to debate. I’m not here for you. Have a good day sir.

          • Actually I was repeating what google calls newspunch. So your issue is with google.

            No, the issue appears to be that your grasp of English is pretty bad. You said:

            Being able to post on what most people that use google are told is a “fake news” website isn’t my idea of freedom of speech.

            and I responded with

            Then the issue here seems rather clearly in your definition of the term. You appear to be claiming that any social media site is required to give your views a platform. That’s not what the term usually means and it’s not terribly feasible either. No different really than if you wrote to the New York Times and demanded they print your manifesto there.

            Clearly The term I’m talking about here isn’t the label “fake news” which are claiming Google applies to Newspunch (formerly YourNewsWire). It’s your use of “freedom of speech”. I really don’t see how you could make this error. If someone says: “This isn’t what I would call X” and the reply is “Well your definition is wrong.”. What else would they be refering to?

            I thought it would be obvious that I’m talking about mainstream sites. But you didn’t get it.

            Again this comes back to what I said about freedom of speech. It doesn’t mean that every platform has to bow and scrape to your wishes.

            I get it-people get offended by memes because they don’t give their brains enough time to reject the truth within.

            Wait. What? You’re claiming that I’m angry because I didn’t wait long enough for my brain to reject the truth? Do you even read what you write?

            That’s not on me

            I’d say that poor reading comprehension and writing is on you. As is your posting a meme which whines about how you can’t post things like that on social media. Is likely your fault.

            And there was no whining.

            Oh I beg to differ my whiny friend.

            The fact is truth is censored

            However your post wasn’t just “Somewhere people are censoring the truth” if so that would be at least technically correct. Your post was about having a debate about vaccines on social media. Which definitely does happen, even on mainstream media. I helped moderate one of the largest Facebook groups on Vaccine Side effects. So I likely know this better than you do.

            Your reply to that fact came across as you whining.

            When I was laughing at you?

            I believe you actually spelt it out.

            What? English please.

            Seems to me you have either too much time on your hands or you get your rocks off debating people.

            I just find it interesting to get into the heads of people who post things that are intrinsically wrong. How they rationalize it. How they deal with confrontation.

            Since, instead of spreading truth & awareness

            I helped spread the truth and awareness that your post was incorrect and kind of silly.

            Have a good day sir.

            …and your post made it just a little better.

      • The word is oppressed. English must be your second language. Wanna tell us whats your first?
        I can’t tell you how I’m being “repressed”
        And if you need a list of the oppression going on right now I would just ask you-what underground bunker are you living in?

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