Youtube changes policy on election disinformation

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YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections
YouTube will no longer remove videos falsely claiming the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen
It said the decision was "carefully deliberated." 🤦?♀️

... giving people like Donald Trump and his enablers free rein to continue to lie without consequence about the 2020 elections said Media Matters for America.

#disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #ElectoralFraud #ElectionDenial #youtube #persagen

Covered by AXIOS https://www.axios.com/2023/06/02/us-election-fraud-youtube-policy

[PortTack]

1. Somebody paid them! Fine...I used YouTube a lot...not anymore

[live love laugh]

2. CEO left in Feb. ... smells Musk-y

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down after nine years in the role. In a blog post, she said she had "decided to start a new chapter focused on my family, health and personal projects I'm passionate about."Feb 17, 2023

https://www.bbc.com › news › tec...

This seems like part of an effort by Republicans to start to consolidate the media again. It was consolidated with Reagan, but the media under Reagan was not anything like it is today with so many outlets.

[Takket]

3. And I bet 10000 Putin produced videos went up last night...

And are being retweeted over and over again by 100000 bot accounts on twitter. And people wonder how America “could possibly believe such stupid things”!

WHY DO WE NEVER LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES?