YouTube to Stop Removing Content Making False Claims on Past Elections

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube stated on Friday that the platform would cease eradicating content material which may have unfold false claims associated to U.S. presidential elections in 2020 and earlier than.

The new set of updates is a part of YouTube’s elections misinformation coverage that may go into impact instantly.

“In the present surroundings, we discover that whereas eradicating this content material does curb some misinformation, it may even have the unintended impact of curbing political speech,” YouTube said in a blog post.

The platform also said the rest of its policies against hate speech, harassment and incitement to violence would continue to apply to all user content, including elections.

The proliferation of disinformation has raised questions about how social media platforms enforce their policies against misleading content about elections.

Other social media platforms like Twitter and Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook have also seen a spike in disinformation related to elections.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)