Youtube will work on Fake News and it is going to tighten the screws
Google’s video platform company Youtube has been taking several steps to crack down on misleading information and examine the truth of the news for the help of news organizations. Apart from this, the company will also invest $ 25 million to compete with these challenges. Youtube has given this information
The company said yesterday that it will make news sources more ‘credible’, especially in case of breaking news, where wrong information can spread easily. In the same sequence of YouTube video search, a small description of the video and the news related to it will start showing to the users. Along with this, there will be a warning that these reports can change. Its purpose is to ban fake video which can spread rapidly in case of firing, natural disaster and other major incidents.
Beginning with the US: In the coming days, when US users search YouTube for breaking news, they will be able to see a number of media links along with a brief portion of the news. Apart from this, YouTube will also link to Wikipedia or Encyclopædia Britannica with controversial issues and videos, so that users can better understand those issues.
There is a lot of work to be done now: YouTube’s Chief Product Officer Neil Mohan and Chief Business Officer Robert Nil said that we are committed to working with the journalistic community to create a video ecosystem for news organizations. He said that there is a lot of work to be done in this direction right now. At the same time, he said that the company is constantly making efforts to provide better and dependable content to the users coming to YouTube for the information that is taking place in the country and the world.
