A post submitted by CGI member Morgan.

I know that this was posted before, on RMN, but I can't seem to find it on the front page anymore.

Lynda

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YouTube announces new ‘certification’ protocol for videos containing medical information; everything must align with WHO dictates

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/youtube-announces-new-certification-protocol-for-videos-containing-medical-information-everything-must-align-with-who-dictates/

In a recent announcement, Dr. Garth Graham, YouTube’s global head of health, indicated that fresh attempts are being made to censor even more content on the Google-owned video streaming platform.

Making politicians their own protected class and shadow-banning unapproved content is just not cutting it anymore, Graham suggested.

“YouTube Health has been working on additional ways to help doctors, nurses, mental health professionals and healthcare information providers to [sic] bring high quality health information into the spaces that people visit throughout their day – like their favorite video-sharing app,” Graham wrote in a blog post.

The new plan involves allowing certain approved medical professionals to be labeled as “certified” or “reliable” on the platform – that way viewers know that they are “authoritative sources,” Graham revealed.

Any YouTube user, physician or otherwise, who spreads anything deemed as “medical misinformation” will not receive the “certified” or “reliable” label. Without that label, Graham and the other higher-ups at YouTube hope that viewers will pass on by and look for something else to watch.
YouTube has decided to become everyone’s doctor

The way a doctor can receive YouTube’s “certified” or “reliable” label is by submitting his or her medical license to the tech giant and swearing to follow the “best practices” set forth by groups like the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Personally I like the idea of less traffic and cheaper rent, but there's gotta be a better way to get there. Considering what a vile company this is, people should abandon it in droves. After all, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES!!!!!!!!!!

Morgan