Prophet T.B Joshua's YouTube account has been suspended over some videos shared on the channel. Facebook also took action against some of T.B Joshua's contents, but unlike YouTube which suspended the ministries’ entire channel, Facebook said it “removed a number of pieces of content from this page for violating these policies”.
Following a report by Premium Times, saying that between 2016 and January 2020, the channel posted at least seven clips showing the charismatic Christian televangelist engaging in violent exorcism to ‘cure’ gay and lesbian congregants of their sexual orientation by casting out “the demon of homosexuality”. Facebook company spokesperson said; “We don’t allow attacks against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, including content promoting conversion therapy services. We take attacks on the LGBT+ community incredibly seriously and encourage people to report this kind of content when they see it so we can investigate.” A YouTube spokesperson said, “YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit hate speech and we remove flagged videos and comments that violate these policies. In this case we have terminated the channel. YouTube prohibits content which alleges that someone is mentally ill, diseased, or inferior because of their membership in a protected group including sexual orientation.” TB Joshua however confirmed that his YouTube channel was suspended. The ministry has launched a social media campaign to contest the decision which it claims was “made in haste.”
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