YouTube to Pull Clips Questioning Authorities on COVID-19 Vaccines

YouTube will begin taking down videos that spread misinformation about vaccines to treat the coronavirus, the company said on Wednesday.

The new policy applies to clips with content that contradicts “expert consensus” from local health authorities and the World Health Organization.

This includes claims that Covid-19 vaccines will kill people or cause infertility, or that microchips will be implanted in people who get these treatments, the company said. The second example refers to a conspiracy theory that falsely claims Bill Gates plans to inject chips into every vaccinated person.