{"id":394013,"date":"2022-01-13T21:08:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/youtube-is-being-weaponized-fact-checkers-say\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T21:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:08:22","slug":"youtube-is-being-weaponized-fact-checkers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youtube-is-being-weaponized-fact-checkers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#YouTube is being &#8216;weaponized,&#8217; fact-checkers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> is being &#8216;weaponized,&#8217; fact-checkers say<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/youtube_weaponized_letter_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>YouTube has paved the way for \u201cunscrupulous actors\u201d to \u201cmanipulate and exploit\u201d its users, according fact-checking organizations from around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>In a public statement addressed to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, the organizations accused the site of \u201callowing its platform to be weaponized,\u201d per the open letter, published <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/fact-checking\/2022\/an-open-letter-to-youtubes-ceo-from-the-worlds-fact-checkers\/\">on Poynter.org<\/a> and signed by a group called the International Fact-Checking Network, made up of 83 fact-checking teams from dozens of countries including the US-based FactCheck.org, PolitiFact and the Washington Post\u2019s Fact Checker. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do not see is much effort by YouTube to implement policies that address the problem,\u201d the group wrote. \u201cOn the contrary, YouTube is allowing its platform to be weaponized by unscrupulous actors to manipulate and exploit others, and to organize and fundraise themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They added, \u201cCurrent measures are proving insufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter goes on to explain that YouTube\u2019s policy of \u201cdeleting or not deleting\u201d videos doesn\u2019t go far enough to mitigate the spread of misinformation and disinformation \u2014 and urged the social media company to <em>keep<\/em> some harmful posts on the condition that it also boosts verified, corrective content.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of such nefarious and \u201cbogus\u201d content on YouTube indicated a particularly dire digital environment in the Global South. In the previous two years alone, the platform saw flourishing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/piaui.folha.uol.com.br\/lupa\/2021\/10\/18\/verificamos-mst-casas-santa-cruz-do-capibaribe\/\">hate speech in Brazil<\/a> and widespread government <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rappler.com\/newsbreak\/in-depth\/youtube-unclear-policies-allow-lies-thrive-online-on-ground\">propaganda from the Philippines<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of those videos and channels remain online today, and they all went under the radar of YouTube\u2019s policies, especially in non-English speaking countries and the Global South.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, government conspiracy is \u201cthriving and collaborating across borders,\u201d encouraging people to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chequeado.com\/investigaciones\/the-international-scheme-of-doctors-for-the-truth-a-denialist-trademark-registered-by-natalia-prego\/\">deny medical science<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ellinikahoaxes.gr\/2020\/10\/18\/fuellmich-video-with-false-coronavirus-info\/\">avoid COVID-19 vaccinations<\/a>. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Authors later outline four \u201csolutions\u201d that together \u201cwould make a great deal of difference.\u201d The group advises YouTube to make their moderation policy transparent and public; provide language and country-specific data and support; debunk aggressively, with \u201csuperimposed\u201d corrections onto videos; and invest in fact-checkers and independent research. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready and able to help YouTube,\u201d they offer, in a bid to meet with Wojcicki, who was one of Google\u2019s founding executives more than 20 years ago. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/ed9fc345e037e13b87955d7a398233bf\">to the Associated Press<\/a>, YouTube spokesperson Elena Hernandez said the company has \u201cinvested heavily in policies and products in all countries we operate [in] to connect people to authoritative content, reduce the spread of borderline misinformation, and remove violative videos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She called fact-checking a \u201ccrucial tool,\u201d but hedged its emphasis as \u201cone piece of a much larger puzzle to address the spread of misinformation.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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