Excl: Facebook and YouTube have taken down a video filled with COVID-19 conspiracy theories, after it racked up close to a million views in a week. (1/4) https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW ">https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW&q...

In the video, Prof Dolores Cahill makes a series of unverified/dangerous claims about COVID-19.

But while peddling bogus cures and conspiracies about Bill Gates, she fails to mention her own role as chair of the hard-right Irish Freedom Party. (2/4) https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW ">https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW&q...

Cahill claims lockdown is unnecessary, touts the "miracle drug" hydroxychloroquine as an effective treatment for COVID-19, and claims recovered patients will have immunity for life.

There is little to no evidence for any of these claims. (3/4) https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW ">https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW&q...

FB and YT both removed the video after we flagged it.

But creator Dave Cullen, the hard-right vlogger better known as Computing Forever, has called on fans to download and re-upload the video wherever they can. (4/4) https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW ">https://bit.ly/3dZA6GW&q...