YouTube changes misinformation policy to allow videos falsely claiming fraud in the 2020 US election
In a feeble attempt to explain its decision, the company wrote that it “recognized it was time to reevaluate the effects of this policy in today's changed landscape. In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm.
Misinformation and disinformation are harmful on a societal level. They lure people into a false-reality bubble of “alternative facts” where the despots are the “good guys” and those supporting democracy are corrupt or untrustworthy. Failing that, it can leave people too confused to know what is and isn’t real; that type of gaslighting is nearly as beneficial to authoritarian movements as drawing in rabid supporters.
If YouTube found some data that somehow reveals the dissemination of election denialism isn’t harmful after all, it would seem appropriate for the company to reveal that. But short of that, all we have is YouTube’s claim that it “carefully deliberated” this move.Great deals on consumer electronics delivered straight to your inbox, curated by Engadget’s editorial team.
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