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YouTube bans videos with widespread false claims of election
YouTube announced on Wednesday that it would remove new videos accusing it of widespread voter fraud or error altering the results of the 2020 presidential election, the move is due for Tuesday. States will certify election results.President Trump and his allies have repeatedly questioned the outcome of the 2020 election, with little unsuccessful attempts to challenge Joe Biden's president-elect victory through court. Last week, Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had not found evidence to support Trump's claims.YouTube said in a blog post that it removed more than 8,000 channels and videos that Since September, nearly 80% of deleted videos have been deleted prior to 100 views, the company said, although it did not specify how many videos were deleted. Check all
A video service that Google owns said it was trying to find. เกมสล็อตฟรี The balance between allowing for broad political speech and making sure that our platform is not misused to incite real-world harm or disseminate malicious misinformation." Broadly " In a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki last month, a group of Democratic senators called for the platform to "immediately remove" all videos containing electoral misinformation.These videos seek to undermine our democracy and raise doubts of the legitimacy of President Biden's incoming administration," the letter said. Moreover, since the current president is not committed to a peaceful transition of power, misinformation and modified media content on your platform can cause civil unrest.
YouTube is slower than competitors like Facebook and Twitter in implementing such policies. Facebook and Twitter have reviewed November 3 election-related content and added a warning label about misinformation and limiting access to content. The video platform has also been blamed for contributing to political violence by pushing inflamed or bogus content suggested by YouTube algorithms.Senator Josh Hawley, who has criticized how social media companies and Google are censoring content, called for the companies to break up.@YouTube owns @Google officially announcing that free speech is no longer permitted," the Missouri Republican tweeted in response to the YouTube announcement.
