This Sunday, Google-owned video-sharing platform YouTube removed an interview of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (D) conducted by Dr. Jordan Peterson. The specific claim that seemed to upset the social media platform was RFK Jr's remark that chemicals found in the water were causing kids to become transgender, according to Kennedy.
The Democratic candidate took to social media to share the news, tweeting out the interview and asking users to “help [him] figure out what ‘misinformation’ was in [the] interview.”
The nephew of former President John F. Kennedy has drawn notable criticism for his doubt about vaccinations. Instagram had previously suspended RFK’s for “repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” but later reversed the decision per the DC Enquirer.
A spokesperson for YouTube explained that they “removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel featuring a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” because Google’s “Community Guidelines apply equally to all creators on our platform, regardless of political viewpoint.”
"Under our general vaccine misinformation policies, we remove false claims about currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed to be safe and effective by local health authorities and the WHO. This includes content that falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of the disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines will be removed. This would include content that falsely says that approved vaccines cause autism, cancer or infertility, or that substances in vaccines can track those who receive them."
The removal seems to stem from Kennedy saying “I think a lot of the problems we see in kids, particularly boys, it’s probably underappreciated on that how much of that is coming from chemical exposures, including a lot of the sexual dysphoria that we’re seeing. I mean, they’re swimming through a soup of toxic chemicals today, and many of those are endocrine disruptors. There’s atrazine throughout our water supply.”
"Atrazine, by the way, if you in a lab put atrazine in a tank full of frogs, it will chemically castrate and forcefully feminize every frog in there," he continued. "And 10% of the frogs, the male frogs will turn into fully viable females able to produce viable eggs if it’s doing that to frogs. It could, there’s a lot of other evidence that it’s doing to human beings as well."
Even after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that social media platforms still won’t allow a proper discussion of vaccinations and their possible effects. Even if all the claims turn out to be entirely false by RFK, it’s still important for it to be said as if not how could it ever be shown to be false?
The Democratic candidate took to social media to share the news, tweeting out the interview and asking users to “help [him] figure out what ‘misinformation’ was in [the] interview.”
Dr. Peterson responded to Kennedy’s tweet, writing, “Now [YouTube] has taken upon itself to actively interfere with a presidential election campaign," clearly upset with the inability of the platform to allow proper discussion.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
Many media platforms have come into the limelight over their handling of vaccination discussions during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Emails revealed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had “significant input on pandemic-era social media policies” on Facebook and Instagram, allowing them to effectively shut down any discussion on the debate of vaccinations, per Fox News.Now @YouTube has taken upon itself to actively interfere with a presidential election campaign @RobertKennedyJr https://t.co/XmgOYTl3NN
— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) June 18, 2023
The nephew of former President John F. Kennedy has drawn notable criticism for his doubt about vaccinations. Instagram had previously suspended RFK’s for “repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” but later reversed the decision per the DC Enquirer.
A spokesperson for YouTube explained that they “removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel featuring a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” because Google’s “Community Guidelines apply equally to all creators on our platform, regardless of political viewpoint.”
"Under our general vaccine misinformation policies, we remove false claims about currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed to be safe and effective by local health authorities and the WHO. This includes content that falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of the disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines will be removed. This would include content that falsely says that approved vaccines cause autism, cancer or infertility, or that substances in vaccines can track those who receive them."
The removal seems to stem from Kennedy saying “I think a lot of the problems we see in kids, particularly boys, it’s probably underappreciated on that how much of that is coming from chemical exposures, including a lot of the sexual dysphoria that we’re seeing. I mean, they’re swimming through a soup of toxic chemicals today, and many of those are endocrine disruptors. There’s atrazine throughout our water supply.”
"Atrazine, by the way, if you in a lab put atrazine in a tank full of frogs, it will chemically castrate and forcefully feminize every frog in there," he continued. "And 10% of the frogs, the male frogs will turn into fully viable females able to produce viable eggs if it’s doing that to frogs. It could, there’s a lot of other evidence that it’s doing to human beings as well."
Even after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that social media platforms still won’t allow a proper discussion of vaccinations and their possible effects. Even if all the claims turn out to be entirely false by RFK, it’s still important for it to be said as if not how could it ever be shown to be false?
- Article Source:
DC Enquirer
- Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images / Getty Images
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