Fact-checkers urge YouTube to fight disinformation

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More than 80 fact-checking organizations on Wednesday, Jan. 12, urged online video platform YouTube to better combat disinformation, offering to help debunk false statements.

"Every day, we see that YouTube is one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide," said the groups spanning the globe, from Politifact and the Washington Post in the United States to the Kenya-based Africa Check. Videos containing false information had gone"under the radar of YouTube's policies, especially in non-English speaking countries," they said in an open letter to YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki.against disinformation and misinformation... and to do so with the world's independent, non-partisan fact-checking organisations," they added.

"Our experience as fact-checkers together with academic evidence tells us that surfacing fact-checked information is more effective than deleting content." It also urged the platform to make sure its recommendation algorithm did not actively promote disinformation to its users.

 

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philstarlife Galit na galit ang LBM troll na si 'Keith Lopez' sa comment nya sa Time to step-in for fact checking sa YouTube. Di raw mapipigilan ng SocMed ang mga LBM supporters sa pagpapakalat ng fake news dahil buo na ang loob nilang ipeke lahat ang history for their idol. Wawa naman sya.😆

philstarlife Ay andami nyang galing Kay LBM...Este BBM.

philstarlife TikTok should also do the same!

philstarlife YouTube must act faster to fight disinformation. Historical Revisionism is at heights making family of criminals as heroes.

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philstarlife Tama to! Daming maling information ang nka upload sa youtube

philstarlife Step in ka dyan! Buo na ang desisyon na tao walang socmedia na mkakahadlang kay BBM ! Humanda yun mga liberal na socmed pg nanalo si BBM! Dont underestimate the conglomerations of different organization and volunteers almost 6 years ago or more. Masa battle ground sila working

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