(CNN Business) Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, has been suspended from YouTube for seven days over a video claiming that masks are ineffective in fighting Covid-19, according to a YouTube spokesperson. "This resulted in a first strike on the channel, which means it can't upload content for a week, per our longstanding three strikes policy ," the spokesperson said. Paul criticized the decision by YouTube in a tweet on Tuesday. "Leftwing cretins at YouTube banning me for 7 days for a video that quotes 2 peer reviewed articles saying cloth masks don't work," he wrote, calling the suspension a "badge of honor." Paul's tweet included a link to watch the video on an alternate platform.

Source: CNN August 11, 2021 04:18 UTC