Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chairs a Dec. 16 hearing on U.S. election irregularities.
This week, YouTube removed multiple videos from the channel of a Republican U.S. senator, the latest example of YouTube’s targeting of conservatives and increasing censorship.
Google-owned YouTube, the online video exchange platform, removed videos on the channel about a number of doctors testifying about treatments that have been effective for patients who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, a Chinese communist virus.
One of the videos shows Pierre Kory, an associate professor of Medicine at St. Luke’s Aurora Medical Center in Milwaukee, testifying at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last month. Kory testified in front of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and other senators. Johnson is the chairman of the committee.
In a statement Wednesday (Jan. 27), Johnson said, “Social media censorship has just risen to a new level. Google’s YouTube removed two videos of doctors testifying under oath at my U.S. Senate hearing on the early treatment of COVID-19 (the Chinese Communist virus). This is another blow to freedom of speech and expression. Very sad and scary. When will this end?”
He added, “Clearly, Google’s ‘doctors’ know how to practice medicine better than the heroic doctors who have the courage and compassion to treat COVID patients and save lives.”
Google did not respond to a reporter’s request for comment.
The doctor emphasized at that hearing that ivermectin, also known as ivermectin, an oral medication commonly used to treat scabies and parasitic infections, is effective in treating COVID infections, in addition to other diseases.
Corey said, “In the past three to four months, new publications have provided conclusive data on the far-reaching efficacy of the antiparasitic, antiviral drug ivermectin in targeting all stages of the disease.”
But the federal department in question does not recommend using ivermectin outside of clinical trials against this new virus.
In recent months, Google has joined other tech giant companies in tightening its information censorship. It has removed videos deemed by its staff to contain misinformation about the CCP virus, relying entirely on data from agencies such as the U.N. World health Organization to characterize the information.
Google writes on its website, “YouTube does not allow the dissemination of incorrect medical information that contradicts medical information from local health departments or the World Health Organization about COVID-19 (the Chinese Communist virus).” This includes information on how to treat, prevent and spread the CCP virus.
The World Health Organization, which itself has repeatedly spread misinformation about the outbreak, has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, which rules China.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said in a letter Tuesday (Jan. 26) that since February 2020, the platform has removed 500,000 videos that violated rules related to information about the Chinese Communist Party virus.
“Our top priority is to continue to improve the way we meet our responsibilities so that when people come to our platform, they can find quality information,” she wrote in a letter to YouTube video creators. “We have worked hard to strike the right balance between openness and responsibility, while adhering to the guidelines set by governments around the world.”
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