— falsely claimed there is a"link between 5G and this health crisis".
Following criticisms for allowing the video, which was watched by about 65,000 people, to be broadcast on its platform, the company told the BBC it would be removed, alongside any content disputing the"existence or transmission" of COVID-19. "We have clear policies that prohibit videos promoting medically unsubstantiated methods to prevent the coronavirus in place of seeking medical treatment," a spokeswoman told the news outlet.
"Now any content that disputes the existence or transmission of COVID-19, as described by the WHO and local health authorities is in violation of YouTube policies.
Sounds like the nail has already been hit on the head.
If ABC wishes to be allowed to spread their conspiracies, so should the people. Censoring them gives them creedence, Streisand effect.
I thought WhatsApp had end to end encryption. So they can intercept the message? Censor it?
So you trample on basic human rights.
no different from FB I have never used FB live but I posted bout the lax community standards on FB n Insta I searched hash tagged Perth looking for Storm photos which I got plus porn plus offers that included sex for money n FB blocked the post for breaking community standards
I'm for YouTube and WhatsApp doing this. Perhaps they'll even clear out cybercrime mafia state actors using their platforms to make and launder money through too? WhatsTheMoneyFunding? WheresTheMoneyGoing?
Name the Invisible People who will Determine exactly what is Misinformation?
Confirming all their delusions for them.
The ABC bootlickers rejoice.
lol who uses whatsapp anymore.
Whatsapp is supposed to be encrypted and confidential, guess they just admitted it never was right.
Yes they are cracking down & guess why ? There is only one reason to shut down an idea & that is cos it’s true . So sorry utube . Another way will be found . Smoke signals if necessary !
Free speech ! But then again all democracy has been suspended for a computer version of future people who ‘might ‘ get sick . 😭😭😭
Who decides what is a conspiracy theory and what is just questioning the norm?
CENSORSHIP
How about cracking down on Trump & his nonsense
😂😂😂
Why don’t you shut down the construction industry and see how long you can control your BS story
It's not about conspiracy theories, it's about controlling the narrative. And the assumption that conspiracy theories are bad or wrong is silly.
That’s because people are starting burning 5G towers...
*looks at replies to this tweet*
No surprise that the abc welcomes new members to the censorship club.
I’m sure they’re not going to form a conspiracy around this decision...
Delete them
Censorship? ABC you are deepstate!
YouTube etc are full of stuttering “cures” that have never been tested. medical cure scam stutter health stammer test
But its ok for pornography and bloodshed videos and pictures to be sent around.
Only cia, their assets and Mockingbird uses term they created 'conspiracy theorist'
There’s no censorship in Australia is there noooooooooo ? Funnily enough, I don’t remember giving away my rights to freedom of speech. When did that happen ? 🤔
We need freedom of speech laws, even if the speech is s*t. Crisis always lead to these tactics. I wonder Why you won’t you allow comments on YouTube?
The ABC is a Communist propaganda machine.
So only corporate media allowed then.
Let’s start with this conspiracy 🧐
WhatsApp and YouTube are nowhere near as bad as Facebook and Messenger.
If only you could turn off all the comments on your posts like all of them that call you out on your bullshit bias
Of course. We can all trust Chinese controlled WHO & UN, can't we? Not like they ever lie, misinform, keep secrets or use propaganda. The fact that taxpayer funded 'journalists' applaud this, tells us all we need to know about the ABC. Communist activists.
Who to decide what are conspiracy theories and what are evidence-based?
The greatest conspiracy is the claim that there are no conspiracies.
Sorry, not sorry?
So in other words, they don't want people learning the truth or having psychopaths exposed for the murders they commit. There is LEGITIMATE health concerns with 5g, and leaders REFUSE to test this. Why wouldn't they just test it 'just in case'? Ignorance is STILL Murder.
I look forward to the day we can finally remove free speech from the population and anything you want to say needs to be back up with credible research. This means that we could start to trust people again.
Let's start with this bit of misinformation from TheirABC, parroting Communist Chinese propaganda …
And there’s the opportunity for the next messenger app developers.... you can’t control the internet 🖕
A new oxymoron, social media information... lol
Looks like they’ll go out of business if all they use the msm. Plenty of conspiracy theories there. Let me think really hard.... Russian collusion. Just one the ABC pushed. O may be G. Pell. Another. Looks like the ABC may be in that group of conspiracy theorist.
Very thankful for these giant businesses controlling speech 🙄
Makes you question? Question everything
And yet YouTube was reporting on the Covid19 epidemic in Wuhan a good 6 weeks before it was even on your radar
So has to watch what it's public funded journalist have to say now
Cutting down on the spreading/creating of misinformation! Does that mean we will start seeing a SHIT tonne less of Trump? 🙏
Actually YT & Google started cracking down Jan 2019. Almost as if they knew something was coming. But no one could have predicted this. Just a conspiracy theory I guess!
Terrible
Peter_Fitz ABC seems to be happy with this. Would love your thoughts.
But the White House and Trump are sending a lot of conspiracy theories. What Twitter is going to do?
From ABC who is still pushing the Trump-Russia hoax, LMAO.
I HaveSituation, was given double movie pass, thought it was from last b'day, it gives the prior year, hand written in texta. When gifter found it yesterday, convo on effort to use it AfterCOVID, viewing scribed date, 6/18, shocked, bank dates checked, WrongDateWasWritten.
That’s called censorship. When we start controlling people what is truth and what isn’t we are heading into uncharted waters when we erode freedom and freedom of speech
Both owned by Facebook.
We live in a democracy where free speech exists! We already live in a world insisting we “speak PC”. Quite frankly WhatsApp & YouTube will LOSE SUBSCRIBERS just like FACEBOOK did! Fascists
ABC news can't see a problem with that, pumping oligarch narrative about oligarch narrative control
Censorship exists, laws exist to punish those yelling fire in a theatre when there is none. Free speech is an ideal like pure capitalism that doesn't work completely in a society with morals. Also private platforms are not public and not subject to freedom of speech laws.
Well at least we still have CB radio.
Chinese corona virus , Wuhan corona virus , which one is correct?
Tyranny.
Heading towards communism ? What happ3nd to free speech?
Can we limit climate change and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists as well?
Can they filter out Trumps diabolical rhetoric as well?
So what do we call the ABC's reporting that China's official virus infection & death statistics have fallen off a cliff ? Fact or Fiction? Truth or mis-information? Journalism or Conspiracy?
haha to the mango moron and ghoulish murdochrity's following of intelligence deficient flopknobs and their RWNJ foil-hat theories. 🤣🤣🤣
Sounds like TheirABC has granulated silica in their gender-specific organs. Guessing the PellAcquittal stings a little... 😁
because real people cannot tell the state sponsored bullshit from the flat earth bullshit
What will the ABC use now?
Telegram
Yay censorship... not surprising that ABC supports this kind of thing until someone they disagree with is in charge of deciding whats an unfounded conspiracy theory and whats not... you people are hilarious and shouldn't be funded by tax dollars anymore.
...only oligarch approved narrative shall be allowed.
eddiebravo
We all need to think outside the square sometimes though. Some theories are ridiculous some are worth delving deeper into. That is all.
Ah yes you guys never let us forget that you are pestilence itself
It just means the official Government narrative will prevail, especially in closed countries. You’re not really ‘our’ ABC, if you ever were.
Fascists
More control. What ever happened to the honest discussion? And who deemed them right?
If only corrupt and irresponsible Facebook would get on board! facebookads facebooknews
Hooray - Corona an excuse to crack down on all our liberties, including thought!
Signal is better anyway
Sorry, normal people, Facebook and Google are the arbiters of truth and acceptable speech.
Why just conspiracy theorists?! Why not everyone!
Here come the thought police.
And the loony Right are already crying about it. “they’re stopping our speech blah blah blah”
Then what.
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