It's official — the Western Standard received yet another strike from YouTube; this time for a video interview from late January with Kyle Kemper, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's half-brother. .READ MORE: WATCH: Exclusive sit-down with Kyle Kemper, half brother and active critic of Justin Trudeau."Our team has reviewed your content, and, unfortunately, we think it violates our medical misinformation policy," reads the email from YouTube. .As a result, YouTube said it removed Western Standard's video interview with Kemper, dated January 27. ."YouTube doesn't allow claims about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization," said the YouTube team. .Although the interview was pulled from YouTube, it's still viewable here and on other Western Standard platforms including Rumble and Facebook. .As the Freedom Convoy made it's way to Ottawa in January, Kemper was active on social media openly opposing the stand Trudeau was taking against protesters and the mandates he brought forward in Canada. .Kemper — son of Fried Kemper and Margaret Trudeau and half-brother to Canada's prime minister — describes himself as a visionary strategist, technologist, artist, and family man. He identifies as a staunch evangelist and promoter of liberty and informed consent..Kemper, at the time of the interview, said he believed COVID-19 is “more about control and centralization of power and not about health and wellbeing.”.In the interview, Kemper shared his experience growing up and spending time with the Trudeau children, including Justin.."He was my big brother, 13 years older," Kemper said fondly when discussing his upbringing. "We've done so much together.".Kemper called Trudeau a "leader" who could "inspire people." .He was also critical of Trudeau for his involvement with the World Economic Forum and the mandates he brought in throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, including what he called "divisive language" Trudeau used to cancel unvaccinated Canadians. .He called the pandemic a "globally orchestrated phenomenon to consolidate power and drive enormous profits and facilitate more wealth transition from countries to corporations."."I don't know how anyone can deny that. You know, Canada has spent close to a trillion dollars," he said. ."This comes back to this condition of hypnosis. I truly believe that he believes that what he's doing is the right thing. Even if he knows this is the WEF agenda, he believes that this is the right thing to do," said Kemper in the interview. .Strike two has limited the Western Standard's use of YouTube for two weeks. . YouTube ban 1 ."You won't be able to do things like upload, post, or live stream for [two] weeks," reads the email..If a third strike happens in the same 90 days, the Western Standard will be banned permanently from the platform. . YouTube ban ."YouTube and the other social media giants working in service of the government are no longer content to censor Western Standard videos and articles as we publish them, but are now purging content from six months ago," said Western Standard's publisher, president and CEO, Derek Fildebrandt. ."Every single time they demanded we recant and take down the content that offends their sensibilities, we have refused. They have never cited a single specific case of “medical misinformation,” but label anything that contradicts the government as false."."Curiously, they have not removed CBC content that claimed Vladimir Putin was pulling the strings behind the Freedom Convoy, or that truckers lit an apartment building on fire.".READ MORE: CBC: Oops, we got that Russian story wrong."Rather than comply with YouTube’s censorship orders, we have decided effective immediately to cease using their platform. Instead, we will upload our video content to platforms like Rumble. We will let YouTube focus on cat videos and pushing government propaganda, and focus our efforts elsewhere," said Fildebrandt.The timing of the YouTube strike oddly followed a Sunday evening request sent from the Western Standard to Kemper for a follow-up interview to discuss his decision in joining the social media movement centered around the hashtag #JustinMustGo over the weekend with a tweet of his own. .In the tweet thread, Kemper calls Trudeau's actions throughout the pandemic "deplorable and morally repugnant." .In less than 48 hours from the request for a follow-up interview with Kemper, the Western Standard received notice from YouTube Tuesday morning at 4:50 a.m. the previous interview with Kemper had been removed and the strike was applied. .Tune in Tuesday, Sept. 20 @ 7 p.m. for In Focus with Melanie Risdon for a fresh check in with Kemper as he discusses why he joined the #JustinMustGo movement and his thoughts on the strange timing of the YouTube ban of his interview with the Western Standard. .The Western Standard has received other strikes from YouTube and Twitter in the past..In December 2021, YouTube issued a strike against the news outlet for reporting on a Calgary police officer who was put on leave for refusing the COVID-19 vaccinations. .READ MORE: YouTube cancels Western Standard for reporting news story.Within eight hours of a submitted appeal, YouTube reversed its decision and apologized “for the inconvenience.”.READ MORE: YouTube backtracks on WS ban, eight hours after bringing it in.In April, Danielle Smith hosted a show with discussions on natural immunity. YouTube pulled the video off its platform citing "medical misinformation." .READ MORE: Danielle Smith Show: EP6 – Natural Immunity, Twitter Tales and Hinshaw’s Confidence.Then in June, the Western Standard was censored again by YouTube for reporting on confirmed vaccine injuries suffered by several Canadians. .READ MORE: WATCH: Western Standard censored by YouTube ... again.This strike led to a two week suspension of the Western Standard page. .In August, the independent news agency was also censored by Twitter for two stories pertaining to COVID-19 vaccines. .READ MORE: Twitter suspends Western Standard for stories about COVID vaccines.Although neither story discussed the effectiveness or risks of vaccination, Twitter suspended the Western Standard's account and said both tweets would need to be removed and a one week suspension would follow their removal. .The Western Standard appealed the ruling and, after two weeks, Twitter acknowledged it was mistaken and reinstated the account.
