Protesters demonstrating against the Australian government's inaction over climate change in London, Britain. The portion of potentially misleading videos climbed to 21% for YouTube searches on the team 'climate manipulation' but fell to 8% for searches using the term 'climate change', according to Avaaz. — Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube has driven millions of viewers to climate denial videos, a US advocacy group charged Jan 16 as it called for stopping "free promotion of misinformation" at the platform.
In response to the report by US-based online activist group Avaaz, YouTube said it downplays "borderline" video content while spotlighting authoritative sources and displaying information boxes on searches related to climate change and other topics.
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