In an effort to curb misinformation on the platform, YouTube has dedicated new policies toward combating cancer-related misinformation and malicious content.
Social media platforms, for all the good they do in bringing us together, have also long served as a hotbed for various forms of misinformation — ranging from annoying gaslighting, to full-on dangerous lies. In the last few years especially, with the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical misinformation in particular has been a major concern for most platforms.
One of the biggest misinformation problems can be found on YouTube, where misguided or malicious users deny medical science and recommend hazardous pseudo-treatments. YouTube has spent years trying to put a stop to these practices, and today, reaffirmed its drive to continue doing so.
In a post on YouTube’s official blog, Dr. Garth Graham and Matt Halprin — YouTube’s Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health Partnerships and VP and Global Head of Trust and Safety, respectively — outlined new efforts to bolster the platform’s efforts to stamp out medical misinformation.
