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YouTube extended its policy on medical misinformation related to Covid-19 to include content about vaccinations that runs counter to expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization.
Facebook took similar steps earlier this week, imposing a ban on ads that discourage people from getting vaccines, as well as encouraging its users to get their seasonal flu shots.
The Google-owned video site said part of the motivation for the move was the potential release of a Covid-19 vaccine somewhere down the line and a desire to have policies in place regarding misinformation if and when that does occur.
Types of content covered by the policy update include claims that the imminent vaccine will kill people or cause infertility, as well as assertations that microchips will be implanted in people who receive the shots.
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