Rand Paul announces exit from YouTube: ‘Today I take my first step toward denying my content to Big Tech’

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Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, announced that he will no longer be posting content to YouTube due to the platform’s censorship practices, which he links to broader content censorship by Big Tech.

Paul received two strikes on his channel last year, in August and September, for what the platform said were violations of its policy regarding COVID-19 misinformation. Paul’s account was suspended for both strikes.

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