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YouTube Bans Anti-Vaccine Misinformation | The New York Times
by Davey Alba
September 30, 2021
But creating a new set of rules and enforcement policies took months, because it is difficult to rein in content…
YouTube deletes RT’s German channels over Covid misinformation | The Guardian
by Guardian staff
September 29, 2021
YouTube has deleted Russian state-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channels, saying they had breached its Covid misinformation policy. “YouTube has always…
Far-right groups hit Germany’s flooded regions with conspiracy theories and disinformation | Coda Story
by Josephine Hüetlin
September 7, 2021
In July, “once-in-a-century” flash flooding killed nearly 200 people in western Germany and left 30,000 homeless, or without basic services,…
Sky News Australia denies broadcasting Covid misinformation, saying YouTube is ‘totalitarian’ | The Guardian
by Amanda Meade
September 7, 2021
Sky News Australia has denied broadcasting Covid misinformation, telling a parliamentary hearing that YouTube’s removal of 23 videos of the…
YouTube’s Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warn | Scientific American
by Grant Currin
August 31, 2021
When someone searches YouTube for a health-related term such as “COVID-19,” most results will now prominently feature content from government…
YouTube suspends pay of 14 Brazilian channels over misinformation allegations | TheHill
by Caroline Vakil
August 30, 2021
Fourteen YouTube channels have had their payments suspended by the company amid allegations that they spread misinformation about the country’s…
Perspective: Tackling Misinformation on YouTube | YouTube Official Blog
by Neal Mohan
August 25, 2021
Misinformation has moved from the marginal to the mainstream. No longer contained to the sealed-off worlds of Holocaust deniers or…
YouTube Suspends Sky News Australia Over COVID Misinformation | Newsweek
by Anders Anglesey
August 4, 2021
YouTube has suspended Sky News Australia from its platform for a week, claiming the network had spread COVID-19 misinformation and violated…
Extremism Online | Essay Series
July 28, 2021
Extremism Online In this essay series from Items, the SSRC’s digital forum, researchers examine how right-wing extremism ideologies multiply through…