Infamous Singaporean anti-vaxxer Iris Koh has had her content removed by YouTube for violating the platform’s community guidelines.
Her videos contained misleading information about the coronavirus, with MOH noting that her content “perpetuates falsehood and misleading information about Covid-19 and vaccines”.
Some of her videos were titled “Why we don’t want to take the vaccine: Stories from the community”, “Do not take the C-19 vaccine until you watch this.”
YouTube then posted a statement addressing the removal of her content:
“We are committed to keeping YouTube safe from harmful Covid misinformation and since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve had clear and established Covid-19 medical misinformation policies. We first announced in October 2020 that we would expand our Covid-19 Medical Misinformation policy to remove claims about Covid-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, we’ve removed over 130,000 videos for violating our Covid-19 vaccine policies. Additionally, we have vaccine alerts that point users to authoritative information about the Covid-19 vaccine.”
MOH said in their press release that they welcome the move and noted that Koh was previously suspended by Facebook as well for violating their community guidelines.
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Images source: Iris Koh YouTube