De Lima urges Google PH to clean up YouTube of fake videos

De Lima lamented that the video-sharing website has becomes the go-to platform for sinister groups to spread lies and misleading content.The former justice secretary said Google Philippines should take concrete and decisive actions to ensure the veracity of the videos, and audio clips it allows to be disseminated and shared on its service by cleaning up YouTube of fake clips.

Citing the findings of recent research titled “Tracking Digital Disinformation in the 2019 Philippine Midterm Election” published by New Mandala, an academic blog on Southeast Asian affairs that is hosted by Australian National University, de Lima said YouTube actually played a significant role in the disinformation landscape in the Philippines.

De Lim said that aside from reeking of “misleading and emotionally arousing” headlines, the research also found that some 20 pro-administration channels—mostly created in 2016—were found to be a cesspool of administration propaganda, historical revisionism, and disinformation.

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