MyPillow CEO released a movie pushing election fraud conspiracies, YouTube and Vimeo took it …

Fresh off of receiving multiple Twitter bans, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is now testing the limits of other online platforms. On Friday, Lindell released a new documentary titled “Absolute Proof,” which claims to lay out, well, “absolute proof” of massive fraud in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.  To be clear, Lindell’s film absolutely does not lay out proof of massive fraud in the 2020 election. Instead, it rehashes the same tired lies and conspiracy theories that President Trump and his high profile supporters, such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, have pushed for months in their various unsuccessful legal challenges. However, what Lindell’s film has proven is just how serious major social media platforms are taking their efforts to combat misinformation surrounding the election results, now three months out from election day. The MyPillow CEO originally uploaded the film to Vimeo and embedded the video player on his official website. Around an hour after the film was made public, Vimeo removed “Absolute Proof” from its platform.  A screenshot of Lindell’s website after Vimeo removed his “Absolute Proof” video. Image: mashable screenshot “The video in question has been removed for violating our policies relating to the spread of misleading claims about…
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