Comedian and actor Russell Brand has quit YouTube amid claims that he has been “censored” by the video-sharing platform.
After one of his posts was “censored” with YouTube saying that it featured Covid disinformation, the outspoken comedian has relocated to Rumble, a rival online video platform, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“We have been officially censored by YouTube. They took down one of our videos for misinformation,” Brand explained to his audience.
Russell, 47, explained that a previous clip was removed from YouTube after he “cited information on official government websites, which we misinterpreted”.
The movie star shared the error and apologised for the mistake.
He said in a video message: “We made an apology video, we’ve taken that down as well. YouTube took down our original video, we’ve taken down the apology video because in case we reiterate the claim while apologizing for it.
“We made an error, in my opinion a relatively small error,...
After one of his posts was “censored” with YouTube saying that it featured Covid disinformation, the outspoken comedian has relocated to Rumble, a rival online video platform, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“We have been officially censored by YouTube. They took down one of our videos for misinformation,” Brand explained to his audience.
Russell, 47, explained that a previous clip was removed from YouTube after he “cited information on official government websites, which we misinterpreted”.
The movie star shared the error and apologised for the mistake.
He said in a video message: “We made an apology video, we’ve taken that down as well. YouTube took down our original video, we’ve taken down the apology video because in case we reiterate the claim while apologizing for it.
“We made an error, in my opinion a relatively small error,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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