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YouTube removes videos by Brazil’s Bolsonaro for Covid misinformation
Fifteen videos posted by SLOT XO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have been taken down from YouTube by moderators.
The video website says the decision wasn’t based on politics or ideology – but on its content rules because the videos spread fake news about coronavirus.
Since the start of the pandemic, Bolsonaro has spoken out against lockdowns, masks and vaccinations.
He uses his YouTube channel to share weekly national addresses, and conversations with ministers about various issues – some of which are live-streamed
According to one Brazilian news outlet, one of the videos shows a doctor recommending hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as treatments against Covid. YouTube says it doesn’t allow content that promotes those substances as a treatment.
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