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online disinformation on YouTube

Fact-checking organisations around the world say that YouTube is not doing enough to prevent the spread of misinformation on the platform. Some 80 groups have signed a joint letter to the Google-owned platform’s chief executive Susan Wojcicki. It goes on to accuse YouTube of not making enough effort to address the problem, saying that it “is allowing its platform to be weaponised by unscrupulous actors to manipulate and exploit others”. The problem is made more complex when the false content is not in English, or originates from developing countries . How will YouTube handle content written in local languages ?

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