The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more…
Archive
Focus Tag: YouTube
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
September 19, 2022
Beyond Facebook and Twitter: The Impact of New and Niche Platforms For years, Facebook and Twitter dominated scholarly research about…
YouTube removes more than 9,000 channels relating to Ukraine war | The Guardian
by Dan Milmo
May 24, 2022
YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content…
Distinct Archetypes of YouTube Politics
April 19, 2022
The following is an essay written by a SSRC Social Data Research Fellow, based on their project. The program was…
Brazil’s fact-checkers air concerns over so-called ‘Fake News’ bill | Poynter
by Seth Smalley
April 18, 2022
A Brazilian bill designed to contain the spread of mis- and disinformation narrowly failed an “accelerated pathway” vote Wednesday in…
War in Ukraine is the latest platform moderation challenge | Columbia Journalism Review
by Matthew Ingram
March 31, 2022
On March 10, a Reuters headline announced that Facebook would temporarily change its content rules to allow users to post…
Facebook, YouTube bans on RT and Sputnik muffle Russian propaganda | The Washington Post
by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Jeremy B. Merrill, and Gerrit De Vynck
March 17, 2022
In the first four days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, viewership of more than a dozen Russian state-backed propaganda channels…
YouTube blocks RT and Sputnik as Russia tells media not to say “invasion” | Ars Technica
by Jon Brodkin
March 2, 2022
Google said today that YouTube is blocking RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik throughout Europe. "Due to the ongoing war…
YouTube is major conduit of fake news, factcheckers say | The Guardian
by Dan Milmo
January 12, 2022
YouTube is a major conduit of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide and is not doing enough to tackle the spread…
China Uses YouTube Influencers to Spread Propaganda | The New York Times
by Paul Mozur, Raymond Zhong, Aaron Krolik, Aliza Aufrichtig, and Nailah Morgan
December 15, 2021
Millions have watched Lee and Oli Barrett’s YouTube dispatches from China. The father and son duo visit hotels in exotic…