Mon Sep 11, 2023 – 12:44 pm EDT
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(Reclaim The Net) — A court has ruled that YouTube holds no legal obligation to host videos by prominent natural health advocate Dr. Joseph Mercola. The lawsuit, brought forth by Mercola after his channels were purged from the platform, has ultimately highlighted the digital behemoth’s potent authority and influence over what content is accessible to its user base.
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Mercola is an authority in natural health, using his YouTube platform, which touted an impressive 300,000-strong subscribership, to provide a counter opinion to the prevailing narrative around the COVID-19 pandemic. His claims however, have sparked controversy, and have been termed as COVID-19 misinformation by YouTube which led to his channels being axed from the platform.
Mercola claims to have had no forewarnings of the violations. According to him, he was blindsided when The Washington Post splashed an article about the impending doom of his channels. Not long afterward, he received a formal ban from YouTube, shutting down his channels effective immediately.
Mercola’s suit argued that YouTube
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