DeSantis attacks YouTube for yanking his pandemic video

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Source: Associated Press

DeSantis attacks YouTube for yanking his pandemic video

By TERRY SPENCER
April 12, 2021

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked YouTube and its parent company Google on Monday, accusing the tech giant of censorship for its decision last week to remove from its platform video of a coronavirus discussion he organized where his panel criticized lockdowns and some mask wearing as ineffective.

DeSantis said YouTube’s contention that video of the March 18 panel violates its ban on the posting of disinformation is an attempt to stifle dissent against the federal government’s pandemic response. That discussion included Dr. Scott Atlas, a radiologist who was a coronavirus adviser to former President Donald Trump, and other physicians who support DeSantis’ decision to open Florida’s economy with few restrictions.

Monday’s attack is part of a bigger war DeSantis and other Republicans are waging against social media giants, including Facebook and Twitter, contending they discriminate against conservatives.

“Google/YouTube has not been throughout this pandemic repositories of truth and scientific inquiry, but have instead acted (as) enforcers of a narrative, a big tech council of censors in service of the ruling elite,” DeSantis said during a Tallahassee press conference with Atlas and other doctors who were on his earlier panel.

YouTube says it took down the DeSantis panel video because some participants said children should not wear masks because they are ineffective at that age and a possible health hazard. YouTube said that contradicts U.S. government guidelines that say children 2 and older should wear masks in public and when around people they don’t live with.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-youtube-removing-pandemic-video-misinformation-6231f16a98ba30cd376b98cd48c5c62e

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. DeSantis Presser, the sequel

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked YouTube and its parent company Google on Monday, accusing the tech giant of censorship for its decision last week to [call him out on his blatantly false and dangerous disinformation.]

"They're just not letting me spread bullshit far and wide. They're not letting me try to cull the herd--old people were going to die anyway, and they cost money what with all that medicare and Social Security, and the virus targets Blacks and hispanics, and they don't vote for me anyway," the Governor said out loud with tape rolling. "Arglebargle first amendment nonsense," he added. I'm banning the virus from Florida, so everything's fine, because, Science." The GOvernor did not take calls from Matt Gaetz.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. DeathDesantis was spreading lies and misinformation