There are times when you come to YouTube to catch up on the latest news or to simply learn more about topics you’re curious about. For content where accuracy and authoritativeness are key, including news, politics, medical, and scientific information, we use machine learning systems that prioritize information from authoritative sources and provide context to… Read More »
YouTube responded to the global COVID-19 crisis Since the outbreak of COVID-19, YouTube has remained committed to help people access authoritative health and news information on our platform. We’ve approached COVID-19 by building on the policies, resources, and products we’ve invested in over the past few years to live up to our responsibility. We’ve also… Read More »
Does YouTube do to prevent bias? We work hard to ensure that our systems are not designed to be biased against content belonging to individuals or groups based on political viewpoints or other attributes like gender or sexual orientation. Our platform has always been about sharing information everywhere and giving many different people a voice.… Read More »
YouTube combat misinformation We address misinformation on our platform with a range of tools: removing content that violates our policies, raising up authoritative sources for news and information, and reducing recommendations of borderline content and harmful misinformation. What policies exist to fight misinformation on YouTube? Several policies in our Community Guidelines are directly applicable to… Read More »