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YouTube Suspends TB Joshua After He Claimed He Could ‘Cure’ Gays
TV evangelist TB Joshua has had his YouTube account blocked after allegations of hate speech were levelled against him.
A rights body filed a complaint after reviewing at least seven videos showing the preacher conducting prayers to “cure” gay people.
His YouTube account had 1.8 million subscribers.
Facebook has also removed at least one of the offending posts showing a woman being slapped while TB Joshua says he is casting out a “demonic spirit”.
A YouTube spokesperson told openDemocracy that the channel had been closed because its policy “prohibits content which alleges that someone is mentally ill, diseased, or inferior because of their membership in a protected group including sexual orientation”.
