YouTube censored Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by taking down an interview where he discussed the potential impact of chemicals in water on children’s gender identity.
YouTube censored Robert F. Kennedy Jr. episode of Jordan Peterson’s podcast for violating vaccine misinformation policy
This removal occurred within an episode of Jordan Peterson’s podcast, leading to accusations of YouTube interfering with a presidential campaign. Both Kennedy and Peterson expressed their concerns about this censorship on Twitter.
“Maybe you can help me figure out what ‘misinformation’ was in this interview,” he added.
Both Kennedy and podcast host Jordan Peterson tweeted on Sunday that they were the latest to be censored by the company. Kennedy tweeted: “What do you think… Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates? My conversation with [Peterson] was deleted by [YouTube].”
He added: “Luckily you can watch it here on [Twitter] (thank you [Elon Musk]).”
What do you think … Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates? My conversation with @JordanBPeterson was deleted by @YouTube. Luckily you can watch it here on @Twitter (thank you @elonmusk). #Kennedy24https://t.co/PJFKWH6zmd
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) June 18, 2023
“Now [YouTube] has taken upon itself to actively interfere with a presidential election campaign,” Peterson tweeted.
Kennedy-Peterson interview on vaccines sparks debate
Kennedy’s campaign reported to Fox News Digital that although “vaccines are not a major priority for Mr. Kennedy in this campaign, he will be happy to debate the issue with any prominent proponent of the conventional view.”
“Mr. Kennedy does not believe the attacks are coordinated. People are simply speaking out according to what they believe,” Kennedy’s campaign stated. “These beliefs are the result of the long influence of corporate money in medicine, research, media, and government.”
“Even so, there are troubling indications in published research of serious safety issues with vaccines in general, but especially the Covid shots,” they added. “The real issue for Mr. Kennedy is regulatory capture and corporate influence over government. He is in favor of properly conducted, unbiased, transparent safety testing of all vaccines.
A Google representative told Fox News Digital that YouTube “removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel for violating YouTube’s general vaccine misinformation policy, which prohibits content that alleges that vaccines cause chronic side effects, outside of rare side effects that are recognized by health authorities.”
Additionally, the spokesperson informed that the company “removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel featuring a conversation with Robert F Kennedy Jr.” and that Google‘s “Community Guidelines apply equally to all creators on our platform, regardless of political viewpoint.”
