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YouTube suspends One America News, a Trump favorite, for peddling pandemic misinformation

False report claimed ‘guaranteed cure,’ costing OAN the ability to make money from its videos, YouTube said

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November 24, 2020 at 5:11 p.m. EST
(Gabby Jones/Bloomberg)

YouTube said it suspended right-wing channel One America News for one week, beginning Tuesday, for violating its policy against misinformation related to the covid-19 pandemic and temporarily stripped the channel of its ability to make money from other videos.

The action against OAN, which President Trump’s allies have praised in recent weeks while raging against Fox News for supposed disloyalty during and after this month’s election, was the latest sign that Silicon Valley was prepared to enforce policies against false and misleading information — even against those aligned with the president.