During the pandemic, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have adopted a more aggressive approach to policing misinformation than in the past. ADADIt went viral last week, eventually becoming one of YouTube’s top trending videos, according to social media researcher Erin Gallagher. TikTok, which also prohibits harmful misinformation about covid-19, banned it as well, a spokeswoman said. On several YouTube videos, the Google Drive link was in the caption below the video. ADADThe Internet Archive, a nonprofit library that hosts historical content, has also been used to amplify misinformation banned by major social media companies.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2020 10:01 UTC