YouTube Takes Down
Video of RFK Jr.
and Jordan Peterson , for Vaccine Misinformation.
YouTube made the announcement
on June 19, NBC News reports.
We removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel for violating YouTube’s general vaccine misinformation policy, , YouTube, via statement.
... which prohibits content that alleges that vaccines cause chronic side effects, outside of rare side effects that are recognized by health authorities, YouTube, via statement.
Kennedy and Peterson accused YouTube of interfering with RFK's campaign for president.
Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates?, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., via Twitter.
The video is still available to view on Twitter.
Kennedy has long been opposed to vaccines.
He even founded an anti-vax group called Children's Health Defense.
Many of Kennedy's family members have publicly condemned his views, going as far as to publish a 2019 op-ed with Politico accusing him of spreading "dangerous misinformation."
