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Anusuya Lahiri

YouTube Chief Talks About Handling Misinformation

  • Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube can continuously improve its work to combat misinformation, CEO Susan Wojcicki said, Bloomberg reports.
  • “Running a company that has that really focused on free speech, we want to make sure that we’re enabling a broad set of opinions that everyone has a right to express their point of view — provided they meet our community guidelines,” Wojcicki said.
  • Wojcicki lauded YouTube’s progress over the past six years even as falsehoods about the pandemic and elections have swelled on the platform.
  • In January, a global team of fact-checkers called on YouTube to take effective action on misinformation. 
  • In April, a report found that YouTube had enabled audiences of resentful people to quickly and repeatedly access extremist content on the platform.
  • Wojcicki described the challenges in moderating content during global crises, including the Ukraine war and the abortion directive. 
  • Earlier this year, Wojcicki said, YouTube extended a policy to disallow content that promoted the rejection or trivialization of the Russia-Ukraine war, blocking channels connected to Russian state-backed outlets RT and Sputnik across Europe.
  • But YouTube continues to operate in Russia to deliver independent news to the country, Wojcicki said.
  • Price Action: GOOG shares traded lower by 0.15% at $2,115.24 on the last check Wednesday.
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