YouTube Will Put Disclaimers On State-Funded Broadcasts To Fight Propaganda

[DEAD7]

YouTube's latest strategy to fight the spread of misinformation involves putting a disclaimer on videos from certain news sources.
The online video website announced it will start labeling videos posted by state-funded broadcasters to alert viewers that the content is, in some part, funded by a government source. YouTube will begin labeling videos today, and the policy extends to outlets including the US's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the Russian government broadcaster RT. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, PBS videos will now have the label "publicly funded American broadcaster," while RT will have this disclaimer: "RT is funded in whole or in part by the Russian government."
The new policy is YouTube's way of informing viewers about where the content they're watching is coming from, a piece of information often hidden or left unsought by the viewers themselves. "The principle here is to provide more information to our users, and let our users make the judgment themselves, as opposed to us being in the business of providing any sort of editorial judgment on any of these things ourselves," YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan told the WSJ.

YouTube will put disclaimers on state-funded broadcasts to fight propaganda

 

[Colilluminati]

I would like everyone from democrats to republicans to step back and pay attention to what’s going on .

The internet is being censored .

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

@DEAD7 I think we need a tech sector news megathread. You make five tech threads at the same time and they get no replies. If the discussion were concentrated, it would snowball.

Megathreads and a censored internet are the future.

 

[Pressure]

@DEAD7 I think we need a tech sector news megathread. You make five tech threads at the same time and they get no replies. If the discussion were concentrated, it would snowball.

Megathreads and a censored internet are the future.

Isn't that what the arcadium is for?

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Isn't that what the arcadium is for?

i forgot that exists

seems to be more focused on video games than tech news and politics

 

[StatUS]

Isn't that what the arcadium is for?

Most tech related stuff is in megathreads (phones, computers, etc.) while video games are given threads per game.

Wouldn't mind a tech thread here just to escape some of the stanning and to have discussions on how things can affect society

 

[FAH1223]

No one is shocked to hear BBC is British government funded, Voice of America is American funded, TRT is Turkish funded, AJ+ / Al Jazeera is Qatari funded, CGTN is Chinese funded, or RT is Russian funded...

What’s more useful is to know that the WSJ is owned by Murdoch, or that the Washington Post is owned by Bezos.

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

Isn't that what the arcadium is for?

 

[Geek Nasty]

I would like everyone from democrats to republicans to step back and pay attention to what’s going on .

The internet is being censored .

Hardly, they're just flagging the source. You conservatives sure seem to get antsy whenever people start trying limit Russia's power

 

[hashmander]

I would like everyone from democrats to republicans to step back and pay attention to what’s going on .

The internet is being censored .

this is the opposite of censorship. sunlight is the best disinfectant.

 

[Colilluminati]

Hardly, they're just flagging the source. You conservatives sure seem to get antsy whenever people start trying limit Russia's power

this is the opposite of censorship. sunlight is the best disinfectant.

The people who believe RT already know who’s sponsoring it and they don’t care.

 

[bnew]

I would like everyone from democrats to republicans to step back and pay attention to what’s going on .

The internet is being censored .

The internet is being censored but this isn't censorship. They're merely branding state funded news.