YouTube Launches Redirect Feature Aimed at Violent Extremist Videos

To steer people from violent extremist propaganda, YouTube rolled out a feature wherein searches for certain keywords will display a playlist of videos aimed at debunking violent extremist recruiting narratives, it blogged Thursday. It said the feature comes from the joint Jigsaw/Moonshot CVE Redirect Method, which redirects people from violent extremist propaganda and toward video content confronting those messages. YouTube said it hopes in coming weeks to expand the new functionality with more search queries in other languages, use machine learning to update the search query terms dynamically, expand the Redirect Method in Europe and work with nongovernmental organizations to develop video content aimed at countering violent extremist messaging.