YouTube suspended Alesp, the Legislative Assembly of the Brazilian state of São Paulo over Covid “misinformation.” The channel was suspended for seven days. Its content was available, but no new continent could be streamed or uploaded for the period of the suspension.
The suspension came after State Representative Douglas Garcia showed a documentary titled “Lockdown, a story of disinformation and power” during a hearing that was being live-streamed on YouTube.
The documentary criticizes mask-wearing and social isolation, the two main measures enforced to limit the spread of Covid during the pandemic in Brazil and all over the world.
After the channel was suspended, Garcia took to social media to express his discontent, saying that the decision was “absolutely unfair.”
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