The video streaming service of Alphabet, YouTube has announced on Tuesday that it will start showing text and links from third-party fact-checkers to US viewers as an attempt to curb misinformation on the site during the COVID pandemic. There have already been information panels in Brazil and India since last year which highlighted third-party verified articles above search results for searches or topics such as “covid and ibuprofen” or claims about “COVID is a bio-weapon”, this also appears for specific searches such as “did a tornado hit Los Angeles”
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According to a blog by YouTube the company claims that to enable this Youtube Fact Check Feature, more than a dozen US publishers are participating in its fact-checking network. These networks include FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, and The Washington Post Face Checker. The company expressed the inability to share a full list of fact-checking partners at the moment but claims to have a secure network. Back in 2018, YouTube started displaying these information panels that surfaced links to sources such as Encyclopaedia Britannica for topics that are considered prone to misinformation such as “flat earth” theories and other such content
