(Sept 29): YouTube will begin removing content questioning any approved medical vaccine, not just those for Covid-19, a departure from the video site’s historically hands-off approach. A year ago, YouTube banned certain videos critical of Covid-19 vaccines. Halperin said the company will allow “scientific discussion” — videos about vaccine trials, results and failures. The company also treats certain health videos as “borderline,” reducing their appearance in search results and recommendations. But the YouTube executives didn’t share traffic numbers for these videos or how often YouTube’s system have recommended them to viewers.

Source: The Edge Markets September 29, 2021 13:07 UTC