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Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, threatened to block YouTube. Why?

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Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, threatened to block YouTube. Why?

On Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, Russia threatened to block YouTube after it removed Russian state-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channels from its site, saying they had breached its COVID-19 misinformation policy. Russia accused YouTube of “unprecedented information aggression.” Separately on the very same day, Russia fined Google 6.5 million roubles ($89,534) for failing to delete content that Moscow deems “illegal,” such as an anti-government tactical voting app._x000D_

Is YouTube banning anti-vaxxers?

_x000D_YouTube said on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, it will block all anti-vaccine content – false information about the Covid-19 vaccines and misinformation about other approved vaccines – including claims that the flu vaccine causes infertility and that the MMR shot can cause autism. The online video company also bans channels associated with prominent anti-vaccine activists, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Mercola.

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