Now’s not the time to take our foot off the gas when it comes to fighting disinformation online
Summary: Cisco Talos notes that Twitter laid off much of its staff handling misinformation, Google reportedly cut YouTube misinformation experts down to one person overseeing policy worldwide, and YouTube announced it will stop removing content advancing false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 and other past U.S. presidential elections. YouTube said removing such content could curtail political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm.
Bottom line: With another presidential election approaching, the teams and policies built after 2016 and 2020 are being cut or reversed just as the same false claims about rigged elections are expected to return.
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