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   By David Ingram and Ben Goggin   
      
   YouTube said Monday that it had removed a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.   
   speaking with podcast host Jordan Peterson for spreading what the company   
   said was vaccine misinformation.   
      
   The decision is the latest challenge for Kennedy as he seeks to find   
   support for a Democratic presidential run after years as an anti-vaccine   
   crusader. The video was removed amid a broader tug-of-war online between   
   vaccine conspiracy theorists and prominent doctors.   
      
   YouTube’s policies against hosting false medical information are long-   
   standing.   
      
   "We removed a video from the Jordan Peterson channel for violating   
   YouTube’s general vaccine misinformation policy, which prohibits content   
   that alleges that vaccines cause chronic side effects, outside of rare   
   side effects that are recognized by health authorities," YouTube said   
   Monday in a statement.   
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   Peterson, a right-wing Canadian pundit and psychologist known for his   
   attacks on feminism and racial diversity, recorded the video as a podcast   
   for The Daily Wire, a conservative media outlet.   
      
   Kennedy and Peterson criticized YouTube on Sunday for removing the 95-   
   minute video. They accused the company of interfering with a presidential   
   election campaign.   
      
   "Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates?" Kennedy   
   asked on Twitter, where the video remains online.   
      
   It was not the first time Kennedy has lost access to social media   
   accounts for spreading health misinformation. Last year, Facebook and   
   Instagram cited the same reason when they suspended Children’s Health   
   Defense, an anti-vaccine group that Kennedy founded.   
      
   At least one clip of the interview still appears on TikTok. A   
   representative for TikTok did not immediately have a comment.   
      
      
   Several members of the Kennedy family have distanced themselves from his   
   anti-vaccine positions, writing in an op-ed in 2019 that he had "helped   
   to spread dangerous misinformation."   
      
   Kennedy has sought out uncritical media outlets; last week, he gave a   
   three-hour interview to podcaster Joe Rogan and offered false information   
   or unsubstantiated allegations on a variety of subjects, including Wi-Fi   
   technology.   
      
   Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine specialist, took to Twitter on Saturday to   
   criticize that interview, after which Rogan fired back by inviting Hotez   
   to debate Kennedy on the show. Rogan said he would give $100,000 to   
   charity if Hotez agreed.   
      
   Hotez, a dean at Baylor College of Medicine, declined, saying in an   
   appearance on MSNBC that appearing alongside Kennedy would turn the   
   discussion into “The Jerry Springer Show.”   
      
   The back-and-forth became a leading topic for weekend political   
   discussion on Twitter, as tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Cuban   
   chose sides. Hotez said anti-vaccine activists confronted him at home   
   Sunday asking him to debate Kennedy.   
      
   YouTube and other social media platforms have taken a hard line against   
   false medical information since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic,   
   highlighting advice from official sources and removing posts that they   
   said threatened public health.   
      
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