YouTube to Label US Election-Related Videos and Searches With Context
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Videos will be paired with information in Spanish and English to impact spread of misinformation
YouTube said that it will add contextual information underneath election-related videos and in search results for the US midterms in the coming weeks, an initiative aimed at curbing the spread of falsehoods on the Google-owned video platform. YouTube will roll out information panels in two languages, English and Spanish, when users search for information about the election, Leslie Miller, YouTube's vice-president of government affairs and public policy, said Thursday in a blog post. The video site will also promote authoritative content from national and local news sources, and work to quickly remove videos that violate ...