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The good thing about having your own platform is that you can say whatever you want, and you don’t have worry about being censored. The bad thing about having your own platform is that it’s really hard to get noticed. So, people like me have to rely on other platforms, such as YouTube to reach our audiences. Where we can be censored.
Yesterday, I published my new Podcast on YouTube for the first time. The first video I posted was titled “So, you want me to get “vaccinated”. In it, I summarize what it will take for someone to convince me to get jabbed. And YouTube took offense.
This morning, I received an email from YouTube informing me that the very first video I published violated their medical misinformation policy. I appealed their decision. I asked them nicely if they could be more specific and tell me what I said that wasn’t accurate, so I could fix it. Then, I waited for their reply.
I didn’t have to wait long. I received an email in less than five minutes telling me that their decision stands, and my article has been censored. Well, they don’t call it “censored”, they call it “permanently removed”. But it means the same thing.
The next time I say something that YouTube doesn’t like, I’m going to get a strike. My account will be nerfed, and I won’t be able to post anything new for a week.
Since they weren’t going to help me figure out where I went astray, I decided to take a good long look at what I said to see if I could figure out what they could possibly have an issue with.
Hmm. Was it that I mentioned Pfizer is predicting 2021 revenues of $33.5 billion on vackseen sales? Nope. That can’t be it. Pfizer announced those numbers.
Perhaps it’s because I said that marketing campaigns are designed to sell more drugs? I don’t see how they could have a problem with that. Moving product is what people in Marketing are hired to do. It’s their entire job.
Maybe it’s where I talk about how the current PCR tests aren’t going to be allowed for use after the end of this year. Nope. That comes straight from the CDC.
Ah, I’ve got it. It must be where I talk about how “breakthrough” cases of vacksinated people and regular cases of COVID-19 for unvacksinated people are counted differently. Uh-uh. That can’t be it either. Again, that information comes straight from the CDC.
<snaps fingers> I’ve got it. I mentioned tons of people reporting unexplained side effects from the drug. That has to be it. No. I didn’t make that up either. That info comes directly from the VAERS database.
The only thing left is where I say that Fauci has admitted to manipulating the public. Nope. Fauci said that himself in numerous interviews.
I can’t find a single thing that I said that isn’t true and accurate. There isn’t anything in the article that could even remotely be considered misinformation.
Where on earth did I go wrong? Really. I mean it. Where, specifically, on earth did I spread medical misinformation?
Not to brag but, surprisingly, PonkaBlog has a world-wide audience. I regularly have readers from the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Australia, Sweden, South Africa, India and China. In the last 90 days, people from 36 countries have read something I wrote.
According to YouTube, “YouTube does not allow content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization (WHO) medical information about COVID-19.”
So, which “local health authorities” am I supposed to listen to? And further, what if the “local health authorities” and the WHO don’t agree? Then what do I do?
Clearly Sweden and the WHO don’t agree on the best approach. For that matter, Florida and California don’t agree. So, with a global audience, how exactly am I supposed to make sure that I don’t say anything that contradicts “local health authorities”? What happens if I say something that is perfectly OK in Sweden, but goes against what “local health authorities” say in Australia? Will that get me censored?
And what happens if the WHO or “local health authorities” change their mind? You know, something like “masks are good”, “masks aren’t helpful”, “no, wait, I mean masks are the only thing keeping us alive”.
So, now I have a choice. I can either post my stuff on YouTube and hope for the best, or I can stop posting anything about COVID-19. Because I have absolutely no idea what might upset them.
I work very hard to make sure that nothing I say isn’t true. In the cases where I’m simply stating my opinion, I make sure that people know it’s only my opinion.
Hmmm. What do do…what to do.
I’ve made my choice. It was an easy one to make. I’m going to keep posting. Because I think it’s important for people to have a chance to hear what I have to say. This article is going to be submitted to YouTube and I fully expect it to earn me my first strike.
Batter up!
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