#INDIA: Gov't Blocks YouTube Channels, Facebook Acct, For Misinformation

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued directions for blocking 16 YouTube news channels and one Facebook account, a statement said.

Of the 16 news channels, six are from Pakistan and 10 from India, it said. The statement alleged that the YouTube channels, with a cumulative viewership of over 680 million people, were spreading disinformation.

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#BRAZIL: YouTube Removes 15 Videos Of Pres. Bolsonaro

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YouTube has removed videos posted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for violating its content policies, in the strongest measure yet that tech giants in the social media–loving country have taken toward censoring the president. 

YouTube has said that if Bolsonaro breaks the video-sharing service’s rules again, his channel may be suspended for a week and, in case of recurrence, he should be permanently banned.

The video platform told the outspoken leader last week that 15 of his videos had been removed from his channel for spreading COVID-19 misinformation - some of which promoted alleged coronavirus "cures" that critics say can sometimes cause collateral health damages like kidney failure.    

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#AUSTRALIA: Facebook Removes Controversial MP's Page For "Misinformation" About Covid-19

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Facebook has removed independent Member of Parliament Craig Kelly’s Facebook page for repeatedly breaching the social media company’s "misinformation" policy.

The member for Hughes, who quit the Liberal party in February in part because he wanted to keep posting about alternative treatments for Covid-19 such as hydroxychloroquine, had amassed a following on the site of more than 86,000 followers.

Kelly said he was “absolutely outraged” by Facebook’s conduct, labelling it “censorship” and “interference in Australian democracy."

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