Early Interception of Misinformation a Big Challenge: YouTube

When tackling misinformation, YouTube's three focuses are catching new misinformation before it goes viral, the spread of "borderline" videos that narrowly avoid violating the terms of service that would warrant taking them down, and cultural and language complexities internationally, Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan blogged Thursday. He said use of more-targeted classifiers, keywords in additional languages, and information from regional analysts "will make us faster and more accurate at catching these viral misinfo narratives."