In dealing with election-related disinformation, YouTube faces a formidable task. In its blog post on Monday, YouTube said it would ban videos that gave users the wrong voting date or those that spread false information about participating in the census. It said it would also remove videos that spread lies about a political candidate’s citizenship status or eligibility for public office. One example of a serious risk could be a video that was technically manipulated to make it appear that a government official was dead, YouTube said. YouTube is likely to face questions about whether it applies these policies consistently as the election cycle ramps up.

Source: New York Times February 03, 2020 19:22 UTC