YouTube bans One America News Network from posting new videos for a week


The YouTube spokeswoman said an OAN video, now removed, had violated its coronavirus misinformation rules by claiming that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug touted by Trump despite a lack of scientific evidence, was a cure for Covid-19. — Reuters

YouTube said on Tuesday it had barred the right-wing outlet One America News Network from posting new videos for a week after it broke the site’s rules against content that claims there is a guaranteed cure for Covid-19.

A spokeswoman for YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google, said OAN had also been suspended from monetising its videos due to repeated violations of the Covid-19 misinformation policy and other rules. OAN will have to reapply to be allowed to monetise again.

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