YouTube, the world’s largest online video platform, has announced that it has taken a radical and equally important decision. According to the official statement made by the company, the videos on the platform that support false claims about abortion will be removed quickly. Among these videos, there will also be abortion methods, which are not medical, tried in daily life, unreliable and unknown.
“Beginning today, we will remove content that provides instructions on unsafe abortion methods or promotes false claims about abortion safety under our medical misinformation policies.” In the statement, it was stated that the guides prepared by the health authorities are trusted and YouTube will always support such guides. YouTube will also include a lighting text under the abortion videos in line with its decision.
Alternative abortion methods have become popular recently.
Abortion is an issue that has been debated for years. Abortion, which is recognized as a legal right in some countries, is strictly prohibited in some countries. Here, people living in the second category of countries are looking for alternative methods to terminate unexpected pregnancies. As such, YouTube seems to have had to take a step towards increasingly popular alternative abortion methods.
YouTube is not the first platform to make a decision on abortion, nor will it be the last. In the past, posts about abortion on Instagram and Facebook were removed. Now, a similar move has come from YouTube.
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