Google and YouTube have announced that they will take a number of steps to stop misinformation during the 2022 US midterm elections.
This is a problem both platforms have had in the past, and other companies like Facebook have also had similar issues, with false information being spread online, much of it sourced from countries like Russia.
Our motivating goal is to give viewers access to high-quality news and election information. When you search for halftime content on YouTube, our systems prominently recommend content coming from trusted national and local news sources such as PBS NewsHour, The Wall Street Journal, Univision, and local affiliates of ABC, CBS, and NBC. This same technique applies to videos in the Watch Next panels. Our systems work hand in hand to reduce the spread of misinformation about elections by identifying borderline content and preventing it from being widely recommended.
To give people more relevant context to election content, we’ll display a variety of English and Spanish dashboards from trusted sources below videos and in search results around the midterms.
For searches or videos related to voting, the dashboard directs viewers to Google’s “How to Vote” and “How to Register to Vote” features. And on the YouTube homepage, we feature reminders about voter registration and election resources.
You can find out more details about Google and YouTube and their plans to stop misinformation on their platform at the link below.
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