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https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-starts-rolling-out-fact-check-information-panels-2019-3
Interesting news, seems like a step in the right direction to me, though I'm sure not everybody will see it that way. There are unfortunately a lot of people who do get their news from Youtube as well as Facebook, mostly younger kids, so there should be some sort of baseline feature for calling out blatant nonsense. A filter would also be great for those of us who don't ever use Youtube for that garbage and don't want it recommended to us.
BI said:
- YouTube is bringing out a feature which flashes up fact-checking information cards when people search for topics which attract hoaxes and conspiracy theories.
- The feature is only available to a select number of Indian users at the moment, but YouTube says it will eventually be rolled out globally.
- The spread of misinformation in India has been under the microscope recently, as last year videos circulated on WhatsApp led to lynchings.
Interesting news, seems like a step in the right direction to me, though I'm sure not everybody will see it that way. There are unfortunately a lot of people who do get their news from Youtube as well as Facebook, mostly younger kids, so there should be some sort of baseline feature for calling out blatant nonsense. A filter would also be great for those of us who don't ever use Youtube for that garbage and don't want it recommended to us.