YouTube handed One America News Network suspension that will prevent the media outlet from posting new videos for a week after uploading a video that contained misinformation over the coronavirus, according to YouTube spokesperson Ivy Choi who confirmed the information to The Hill.
OANN received a “strike” to their account after a video stated there is a guaranteed cure for the coronavirus, which violates YouTube’s coronavirus-specific policy.
The suspension of OANN comes as a result of “repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy and other channel monetization policies,” Choi said. “Early on in this pandemic, we’ve worked to prevent the spread of harmful misinformation associated with COVID-19 on YouTube.”
Nonetheless, YouTube isn’t commenting on the number of strikes OANN had previously accrued. Also, for the network to make money off their videos again, OANN will have to reapply for the YouTube Partner Program.
President Trump has recently put OANN in the mainstream news media spotlight after citing them as an alternative conservative network to Fox News.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
