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Published: July 25, 2022

YouTube announces crackdown on so-called abortion ‘misinformation’ likely to affect pro-life efforts

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Mon Jul 25, 2022 – 6:11 pm EDT

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(LifeSiteNews) – Google-owned video giant YouTube plans to begin censoring whatever it deems “misinformation” pertaining to the safety of abortion, which pro-lifers suspect will have the effect of suppressing truth rather than clarifying it.

The company announced July 21 that in the coming weeks it will begin to “remove content that provides instructions for unsafe abortion methods or promotes false claims about abortion safety under our medical misinformation policies,” as determined by “published guidance from health authorities”:

1/ Starting today and ramping up over the next few weeks, we will remove content that provides instructions for unsafe abortion methods or promotes false claims about abortion safety under our medical misinformation policies. https://t.co/P7A27WPYuD

— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) July 21, 2022

3/ We’re also launching an information panel that provides viewers with context and information from local and global health authorities under abortion-related videos and above relevant search results. pic.twitter.com/dGzEn4bIb8

— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) July 21, 2022

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