Prayer will not be allowed.

YouTube Cracks Down on Prayer: Videos Removed if People 'Pray' for Covid Healing in Place of Medical Treatment

By Isa Cox  August 23, 2021 at 5:00pm

Google-owned YouTube has wandered into a whole new territory of censorial practice in its attempt to limit content that contradicts the global public health community’s guidance about COVID-19.

Now, not only could going against the infallible findings of the almighty World Health Organization result in a removed video, but if you deign to encourage your viewers to seek out prayer or faith healing instead of going to a doctor or a hospital, this will also be considered verboten.

“The safety of our creators, viewers, and partners is our highest priority. We look to each of you to help us protect this unique and vibrant community. It’s important you understand our Community Guidelines, and the role they play in our shared responsibility to keep YouTube safe,” Google’s COVID-19 medical misinformation policy for YouTube reads.

“YouTube doesn’t allow content about COVID-19 that poses a serious risk of egregious harm,” the policy explains.

This includes “content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19” on treatment, prevention, diagnosis, transmission, social distancing and self-isolation guidelines, and the existence of COVID-19.

So, let this alone sink in for a moment.

Sure, at face value it sounds like a good idea to prevent the spread of inaccurate information about the virus on such a large platform.

But consider it this way: YouTube will not allow content that includes anything that contradicts the guidance of a global organization that bases its findings on “science.” So if anyone at all were to come forward and say, give a lecture or a media interview that presented a disparate view from that of the WHO, a video of their arguments would not be accessible on the world’s largest video-sharing network.

As far as Google is concerned, this includes “Content that encourages the use of home remedies, prayer, or rituals in place of medical treatment such as consulting a doctor or going to the hospital,” as well as content that recommends using ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine, questions the efficacy of masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19, claims wearing a mask can have negative health effects, or includes claims “about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or WHO.”

There’s more. Long article.

https://www.westernjournal.com/youtube-cracks-prayer-videos-removed-people-pray-covid-healing-place-medical-treatment/