Vimeo Removes Artist's 'Misleading' Fictional Vaccine Cartoon – The Federalist

Vimeo, a major video-sharing services platform, censored the first episode of a cartoonist’s fictional series titled “UNJABBED” for what they claim is “dangerous” health-related content, even though the video includes no overt reference to COVID-19. Ken Avidor, an artist based in Indianapolis, Indiana, makes films with sketches. He is also the author of “Bicyclopolis,” a comic book released in 2018. Given he pays for a subscription service on Vimeo and has released other work on his profile, it caught him off guard when he had his latest work removed. Avidor received word from Vimeo on Oct. 15 that episode one of “UNJABBED,” a two-minute dystopian piece about a man who goes on the run after his wife dies from a vaccine, violated the platform’s terms of service. According to Vimeo, the artist’s video violated three policies. He was told that the platform does not allow content that: Conveys false or misleading health-related information that has a serious potential to cause public harm Perpetuates false or misleading claims about vaccine safety Claims that the Coronavirus is a hoax or promotes various other conspiracy theories around the virus “We do not allow health-related content that might cause people to take dangerous or…
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