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YouTube Launches Fact-Checking Feature in U.S. to Fight Misinformation Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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variety.comBy Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor YouTube is launching fact-check information panels to videos for U.S. users, citing the coronavirus outbreak as underscoring the need to quickly flag misinformation.
The Google-owned video platform is introducing the new feature as a number of hoaxes related to COVID-19 continue to circulate on YouTube and elsewhere online.
For example, YouTube’s fact-check panels can debunk the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 is a bio-weapon, as well as the myth that it’s potentially fatal if people who have contracted the coronavirus take ibuprofen pain medication.
However, YouTube’s fact-check panels are not a comprehensive cure to misinformation floating around on the service. First, there must be an associated
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