SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube has driven millions of viewers to climate denial videos, a US advocacy group charged on Thursday as it called for stopping"free promotion of misinformation" at the platform.
"Our recommendations systems are not designed to filter or demote videos or channels based on specific perspectives," YouTube said in response to an AFP inquiry. The portion of potentially misleading videos climbed to 21 percent for YouTube searches on the team"climate manipulation" but fell to eight percent for searches using the term"climate change," according to Avaaz.
A list of suggested videos on the topic was dominated by sources such as National Geographic, NASA, TED, and major news organizations including CBS, PBS, Sky News, and AFP. The nonprofit also wants YouTube to collaborate with fact-checkers and post correction notices on videos with false climate change information.
I seriously doubt that. It's Youtube FFS.
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