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Why was Senator Rand Paul's YouTube account temporarily suspended?
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    YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul's account for seven days over video disputing cloth masks.
    Louisville Courier-Journal (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 83% • 3 min read

    YouTube cited this line from Paul as violating its standards: "Most of the masks you get over the counter don't work. They don't prevent infection." The latest guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says studies show the wearing of cloth masks helps prevent infection and reduce the spread of Covid-19.
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    “We apply our policies consistently across the platform, regardless of speaker or political views, and we make exceptions for videos that have additional context such as countervailing views from local health authorities.” [YouTube said].
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    "This kind of censorship is very dangerous, incredibly anti-free speech and truly anti-progress of science, which involves skepticism and argumentation to arrive at the truth,” Paul said. “I think private companies have the right to ban me if they want to, so in this case I’ll just channel that frustration into ensuring the public knows YouTube is acting as an arm of government and censoring their users for contradicting the government.”
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Why is President Biden calling on OPEC to boost oil production?


    The White House said [OPEC's] July agreement to boost production by 400,000 barrels per day on a monthly basis beginning in August and stretching into 2022 is “simply not enough” during...

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    The bill, which passed the lower house on a vote of 228 to 216, with 10 abstentions, would strengthen a ban on non-European companies controlling Polish broadcasters. The network most affected...

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    "The testing that we've been doing in the past doesn't tell us what we want to know," Democratic Sen. Lew Frederick told a local ABC affiliate in June. "We have bee...

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