GOP Sen. Ron Johnson was slapped with a one-week suspension from YouTube after posting comments regarding dubious treatments for COVID-19. YouTube suspended him from uploading videos, the company said Johnson has violated the websites’ COVID19 “medical misinformation policies.”

A YouTube spokesperson told CNN that they have removed the video in accordance with their COVID-19 medical misinformation policies, which doesn’t allow content that encourages people to use Hyroxycholoroquine or Ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus. 

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Alexa Henning, Johnson’s spokeswoman told CNN that Johnson’s account will be suspended for a week, the video posted on his account was from a virtual event hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club. A snippet from the event was posted on his account, which was later removed by YouTube. Milwaukee Press Club president, Corri Hess also tweeted that the video remained on their page and then updated later in a tweet that the video was removed by YouTube.

Johnson had tested positive for coronavirus last fall, has been spreading anti-vaccine misinformation for months, and downplayed the urgency of vaccinating all Americans against COVID-19, putting the controversial Wisconsin Republic at odds with public health guidance aimed at easing the ongoing pandemic. 

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The two-term senator will be facing reelection next year, has also downplayed the seriousness of the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6.

Johnson expressed his anger towards YouTube for its decision to suspend his account and said, “They have decided there is only one medical viewpoint allowed and it is the viewpoint dictated by government agencies,” in a statement to CNN.

In July 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration revoked an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat COVID19. However, the agency now says that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have not been shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing COVID-19.