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YouTube bans Ron Johnson for seven days over hydroxychloroquine claims

By Lawrence Richard
Published June 11, 2021 8:26pm ET
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YouTube bans Ron Johnson for seven days over hydroxychloroquine claims
In this Tuesday, July 30, 2019, file photo, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee Chair Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks during a committee hearing on conditions at the Southern border, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

YouTube suspended Sen. Ron Johnson for seven days after he uploaded videos boasting the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine to treat the coronavirus.

“YouTube’s ongoing COVID censorship proves they have accumulated too much unaccountable power,” the Wisconsin Republican said in response to the ban.

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