More than 80 fact-checking organizations from around the world have urged YouTube to take further steps to curb misinformation on its platform and to adopt stricter rules to discourage “people spreading fake news”.
According to Al Jazeera, in a letter to Susan Wojciech, head of YouTube, groups from Kenya’s “Politifact” and even the Washington Post in the United States offered their services to the platform to prevent fake information or false statements.
“With each passing day, we see that YouTube is a major source of misinformation around the world, with videos containing misinformation going ‘under the radar of the platform’s policies,” the letter said.
“We urge YouTube to take effective action against misinformation and to cooperate with the world’s independent, impartial fact-finding organizations,” he added.
“Our experience as fact-checkers shows with scientific evidence that disclosing fact-checked information is more effective than deleting content,” the letter said.
In its recommendations, the groups called on YouTube to consider offering to provide context and disable fake information and urged it to ensure that its proposed algorithms provide its users with incorrect information.
Should not provide assistance in the promotion of Defending the platform, YouTube spokeswoman Elena Hernandez said: “Fact-checking is an ‘important tool’.
We have spent huge sums on products, including policy, in all countries to reduce the spread of fake information and violent videos.” Can be removed.
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