YouTube said it will remove videos containing falsehoods such as abortions being likely to cause cancer or infertility.. Photo: RINGO CHIU / AFPSource: AFPYouTube on Thursday said it will start removing videos containing false or unsafe claims about abortion in a crackdown on misinformation about the medical procedure. "Starting today and ramping up over the next few weeks, we will remove content that provides instructions for unsafe abortion methods or promotes false claims about abortion safety under our medical misinformation policies." Examples of content YouTube said it will remove from its platform globally include instructions for unsafe at-home abortions and false claims such as there being a high risk of the procedure causing cancer or infertility. YouTube said it will also start adding information from the National Library of Medicine to abortion-related videos or queries to provide reliable context. Activists and politicians have been calling on Google and other tech giants to limit the amount of information they collect to avoid it being used for abortion investigations and prosecutions.

Source: Daily Nation July 22, 2022 01:59 UTC