Fact-checkers urge YouTube to fight disinformation


Fact-checking organisations called out YouTube to do better at combat disinformation, which are overlooked by its policy especially in non-English speaking countries. — REUTERS/File Photo

More than 80 fact-checking organisations Wednesday urged online video platform YouTube to better combat disinformation, offering to help debunk false statements.

"Every day, we see that YouTube is one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide," said the groups spanning the globe, from Politifact and the Washington Post in the United States to the Kenya-based Africa Check.

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