YouTube to remove remove videos with Covid-19 vaccine misinformation

Washington: Video sharing platform YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will remove videos containing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.

According to The Verge, YouTube announced that the content about a vaccine that contradicts information from health experts or the World Health Organisation won’t be permitted.

Farshad Shadloo, a YouTube spokesman, said in an email, “A COVID-19 vaccine may be imminent, therefore we’re ensuring we have the right policies in place to be able to remove misinformation related to a COVID-19 vaccine.” That could include false claims that vaccines implant microchips in people’s bodies, for example, or that they cause infertility. Both rumors are untrue.