Opinion: YouTube is finally banning anti-vaccination promoters, but why did it take so long?

By Michael Hiltzik

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Thursday, 30 Sep 2021
3:25 PM MYT

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Video-sharing tech platform YouTube on Sept 29, 2021 announced immediate bans on false claims that vaccines are dangerous and cause health issues like autism, cancer or infertility. YouTube’s action Wednesday points to how anti-vaccine misinformation and hysteria feed on themselves. — AP

Here’s the best thing that can be said about YouTube’s policy, announced Sept 29, to ban prominent anti-vaccine activists such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Mercola from its platform:

It’s about time.

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Opinion: YouTube is finally banning anti-vaccination promoters, but why did it take so long?