Uhhh... fraud has legal definition, as does libel - these are _civil_ issues not _criminal_. That being said, the right to actually say the words is still protected and nobody is allowed to take that right away.

He can still say what he wants. Constitutional law is pretty clear that you can say what you want, but you do not necessarily have a right to how you get to say it.

Newspapers are not required to publish every single letter they get. In the same vein, Youtube has no legal obligations to anybody to let them on their platform.

Fraud is absolutely a criminal issue.

What if you really believe that drinking bleach does cure covid? What if it is cow urine or holy water that you bestow your belief in?

Are we going to also ban religion, and the whole mess of lies it brings with it?

It is not even a slipper slope at your point, it is a cliff with a waterfall

YouTube isn't the internet

Thats not my point of contention.

I disagree with this "Telling people to drink bleach to cure COVID-19 is not protected under free speech.". It is a separate question whether Youtube's actions are limited by free speech protections. What he said would have all kinds of lies, including religion, not be protected under free speech.

If you follow your line of thought then David Icke should be prosecuted. And then YouTube is still wrong here, acting as a judge, jury and executioner vigilante.

No, they just decided, as a commercial entity not under the jurisdiction of the First Amendment, to stop cutting him checks. Get a grip, they're not executing him.

He's not commenting on that. He's commenting to the guy who suggests that "drinking bleach cures covid" should not be covered under free speech.