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YouTube Is Fighting Conspiracy Theories With 'Authoritative' Context and Outside Links (theverge.com)
In an effort to reduce misinformation on YouTube, the video-sharing website will be adding "authoritative" context to search results about conspiracy-prone topics, as well as putting $25 million toward news outlets producing videos. YouTube made the announcement today as part of a new step in its Google News Initiative, a journalism-focused program that aims to help publishers earn revenue and combat fake news. The Verge reports: This update includes new features for breaking news updates and long-standing conspiracy theories. YouTube is implementing a change it announced in March, annotating conspiracy-related pages with text from "trusted sources like Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica." And in the hours after a major news event, YouTube will supplement search results with links to news articles, reasoning that rigorous outlets often publish text before producing video.
YouTube is also funding a number of partnerships. It's establishing a working group that will provide input on how it handles news, and it's providing money for "sustainable" video operations across 20 markets across the world, in addition to expanding an internal support team for publishers.
YouTube is also funding a number of partnerships. It's establishing a working group that will provide input on how it handles news, and it's providing money for "sustainable" video operations across 20 markets across the world, in addition to expanding an internal support team for publishers.
"and instead it dumped 30m more people into poverty with the loss of their insurance"
See also: Brandolini's Law. White supremacists like "Mashiki" love to make up bullshit like this that isn't true and make you waste time debunking their lying asses.
Title fixed. This is all about suppressing news that goes against the establishment narrative - if Youtube had been big in 2003 it would have been tagging videos questioning Saddam's WMD's and ties to Al Queda as conspiracy theories.
Speaking of CT, Youtube doesn't give a shit about batshit crazy theories as long as they're coming from CNN or MSDNC. Like how Putin was such a master chess player that he knew years in advance that a professional wrestling character could be president, but at the same time was completely unable to anticipate any blowback in messing with an election. Or how Assad never uses chemical weapons when it would be to his tactical advantage, but loves to drop gas the very day weapon inspectors arrive in the country, or the United States announces a withdrawal from its regime change operations.
If Youtube was honest here, every other clip from Fox, CNN or Rachael Madcow would be the ones coming with disclaimers and debunking information.