More than 80 fact-checking organisations worldwide urge video platform YouTube to better combat disinformation, offering to assist in the process
Dozens of fact-checking organisations said videos containing false information had gone"under the radar of YouTube's policies, especially in non-English speaking countries".
More than 80 fact-checking organisations have urged online video platform YouTube to better combat disinformation, offering to help debunk false statements. Videos containing false information had gone "under the radar of YouTube's policies, especially in non-English speaking countries", they said in an open letter to YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki.
"Our experience as fact-checkers together with academic evidence tells us that surfacing fact-checked information is more effective than deleting content."