YouTube Removing Videos Disputing Election Results

<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">YouTube has faced backlash from the conservative community for not doing enough to counter misinformation about election results, and on Wednesday, it began implementing a new policy. The new policy requires videos that make false or misleading claims about the results of the election to be taken down. While YouTube has labeled some posts and provided contextualizing information on election results, many remained on the site and continue to spread skepticism.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAxtFxi8fqpogvWhbmYWDWY7ynAoKIknfqJZhWvTtZ2QNRk1DcHuVNXVvbnNtt8IW6Y1CyYo71kwE_gdI-i2CLiF2WvztBr-1PRgA7ZRYExZsExlSpL14ObpholQkTqtxyrRWn3KzijSH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="YouTube Removing Videos Disputing Election Results" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="853" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAxtFxi8fqpogvWhbmYWDWY7ynAoKIknfqJZhWvTtZ2QNRk1DcHuVNXVvbnNtt8IW6Y1CyYo71kwE_gdI-i2CLiF2WvztBr-1PRgA7ZRYExZsExlSpL14ObpholQkTqtxyrRWn3KzijSH/w469-h264/image.png" title="YouTube Removing Videos Disputing Election Results" width="469" /><br /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition to removing election-related videos, the platform has announced a series of fact-checking panels. These panels have received more than 4.5 billion views and link to the Office of the Federal Register, which notes that the election results are certified. The website also hosts the Rumor Control page, where users can report rumors or other issues related to elections. And despite the controversy surrounding the election, YouTube has remained silent, allowing misinformation to continue to saturate the site.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the Electoral College meets on Monday to certify the election results, YouTube has announced it will remove all videos that dispute the election results. While the decision to ban these videos is an effort to improve its reputation as a safe space for debate, the company's policies are a step in the right direction. While YouTube has been under fire in the past, it has a history of resolving political disputes.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The announcement follows a series of lawsuits filed by the Donald Trump campaign, which has been denied a request to block the results of the Pennsylvania election. This means that the Trump campaign will be unable to challenge Joe Biden's election win in court. Among the most important updates to the policy include a box indicating that the results of the elections are not final and should not be relied upon. The boxes will be updated on Wednesday with the results of the electoral college.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition to removing videos, the company has also banned content that claims the election was rigged. Although YouTube has removed 8,000 channels for spreading harmful content, the company has not yet taken down the controversial content posted by the Biden campaign. If a video is removed, it is not likely to be seen by viewers. It is possible that the president-elect will not even certify the results. But the YouTube policy does not allow political videos to be posted if they violate the policies.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As of this writing, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a> has removed thousands of videos disputing the election results. The company has terminated more than 8,000 channels and deleted thousands of election-related videos. As a result, it's been removing more than a million videos that promote the candidate's views. If a video has less than a hundred views, it will not be removed. But that doesn't mean that YouTube is only doing what it can to ensure that elections are free and fair.</span></p>

YouTube Removing Videos Disputing Election Results

YouTube has faced backlash from the conservative community for not doing enough to counter misinformation about election results, and on Wed...

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