Although the video has been removed by YouTube, copies of it were still circulating on Facebook and Twitter on Thursday evening. If Facebook receives from its third-party fact checkers an indication that the Pelosi video is misleading, it would significantly reduce the distribution of the video on Facebook, the representative added. YouTube, owned by Google, removed the video, its spokesperson told CNN. But Farid said the less sophisticated editing of the Pelosi video shows that peddlers of misinformation don't need high tech. "It is striking that such a simple manipulation can be so effective and believable, to some," Farid told CNN.

Source: CNN May 24, 2019 03:07 UTC