WorlPosted at: Aug 11 2021 7:14PM

YouTube suspends US Sen Rand Paul for 7 days over doubting efficacy of masks

Moscow, Aug 11 (UNI/Sputnik) YouTube has suspended US Republican Sen. Rand Paul for seven days after he posted a video in which he claimed that cloth masks were ineffective in containing the spread of COVID-19.

Paul went to Twitter to call his suspension a "badge of honor." The senator explained that his video quoted two peer-review articles on cloth masks and urged subscribers to watch the video on other platforms.

YouTube said it had taken down the video, as it breached the company’s COVID-19 medical misinformation policy.

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