How Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are handling election misinformation - News Summed Up

How Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are handling election misinformation


Twitter (TWTR) has been the most aggressive in labeling and addressing false and misleading content while Facebook and YouTube have applied a lighter touch. (Twitter is also applying other labels to tweets that, by its standards, are prematurely calling election results for either candidate. The box says election "results may not be final," and it directs users to parent company Google's feature that tracks election results in real time. "We remove ads from videos that contain content that is demonstrably false about election results, like this video," Choi said. The OAN anchor in the video shared the YouTube link to her personal Twitter account with the comment, "Trump won.


Source: The Nation November 05, 2020 13:52 UTC



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