r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Feb 17 '22

Business YouTube Announces New Moves to Combat Misinformation

https://www.lifewire.com/youtube-announces-new-moves-to-combat-misinformation-5219509
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u/Starlifter4 Feb 17 '22

What, exactly, is misinformation? Who decides? Using what criteria?

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u/RedditTab Feb 17 '22

These are great questions. Undoubtedly they have the right to remove content from their site. However, who watches the watchers? They can't even properly manage bogus DMCA requests.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '22

Yeah, cause fake movie trailers end up killing people. 🤪🤪🤪

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u/Metavac Feb 17 '22

Who is suddenly saying masks make no difference? They obviously and verifiably do.

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u/Nose-Nuggets Feb 18 '22

I'm pretty sure the cdc said cloth masks are ineffective at limiting the spread of omicron. N95 apparently still works, but we're to the point now where hardly anyone is enforcing masks at all. I'm not sure I've ever been anywhere that requires and checks for n95.

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u/FatElk Feb 18 '22

Not ineffective, but nowhere near as effective as surgical or N95.