Unsolved:Planet Lockdown
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| Starring | Catherine Austin Fitts |
Release date | December 2020 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
Planet Lockdown is a film containing misinformation about COVID-19 that was banned on YouTube and Facebook.[1]
The films producers describe it as a documentary.
Production
The 90-minute[2] film was released online in December 2020.[1] In addition to being shared on social media, the video was released on the Planet Lockdown website.[3] The video's producers describe it as a documentary.[4]
Synopsis
Planet Lockdown presents a wide range of falsehoods about COVID-19, including incorrect statements linking COVID-19 and human infertility, and misinformation alleging that vaccines contain microchips. The film also perpetuates myths about voter fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election.[1]
The film includes an interview with Catherine Austin Fitts in which she shares her view that a global committee is engaged in mind control efforts, led by a character she identifies as Mr Global. Fitts also shares falsehoods that COVID-19 vaccines contain unknown ingredients.[1] In addition to incorrectly stating that the COVID-19 is not real, Fitts also shares political conspiracy theories about electoral fraud during the 2020 U.S. presidential election.[2] Other interviewees include QAnon supporting physician Carrie Madej, lawyer Markus Haintz, and COVID-19 herd-immunity supporting epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski.[2]
Critical reception
In late 2020 and early 2021, the video was shared over 20 million times on Facebook and YouTube.[1][5] Notable promoters of the video include Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[1][4]
After a February analysis of the video by Media Matters for America, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube started removing the video from their platforms and GoFundMe removed a fundraising page to cover production costs.[1]
Vice News described the video as "almost a carbon copy" of the 2020 conspiracy theory video Plandemic.[2]
See also
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Shepherd, Katie (2021-02-10). "Facebook and YouTube ban 'Planet Lockdown' film filled with coronavirus falsehoods, after it was shared by millions" (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/10/planet-lockdown-coronavirus-facebook-youtube/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gilbert, David (2021-02-10). "Facebook Fails to Stop Another 'Plandemic'-Style Video From Going Viral" (in en). https://www.vice.com/en/article/3anezv/facebook-fails-to-stop-another-plandemic-style-video-from-going-viral.
- ↑ "Planet Lockdown site description". https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3928426.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kaplan, Alex (2021-02-08). "YouTube and Facebook allowed another COVID-19 conspiracy theory video to go viral" (in en). https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/youtube-and-facebook-allowed-another-covid-19-conspiracy-theory-video-go-viral.
- ↑ Lee, Bruce Y.. "'Planet Lockdown' Film Spreading Unfounded Claims About Covid-19 Vaccines And Coronavirus" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/02/12/planet-lockdown-film-spreading-unfounded-claims-about-covid-19-vaccines-and-coronavirus/.
