YouTube suspends Rand Paul after misleading video on masks
YouTube has suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days after the Kentucky Republican posted a misleading video suggesting face masks don't prevent infection by COVID-19. The video was also removed.
WATCH: Social media executives testify on how algorithms affect discourse
Democratic lawmakers have signaled that they wanted to address the structural issues embedded in these platforms that can boost misinformation and become hubs for extremism.
Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content
In a letter sent Tuesday to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy says YouTube isn't doing enough to protect kids from material that could harm them.
YouTube removes Myanmar army channels
YouTube says it has removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its guidelines.
Twitter said it was locking the president's account for 12 hours, and would keep it locked if some tweets were not removed.
Ahead of the election, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube promised to clamp down on election misinformation, up to and including unsubstantiated charges of fraud and premature declarations of victory by candidates.
The Google-owned video platform said Thursday it will now prohibit material targeting a person or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify violence.
The move comes less than two months after Facebook said it would stop promoting the group and its adherents — but faltered with spotty enforcement.
The companies have been sending cease-and-desist letters to New York-based Clearview AI, which works with law enforcement agencies.
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