@mhbergen The most popular videos about the election are from authoritative news organizations. On average, 88% of the videos in top-10 results in the U.S. come from high-auth sources when people search for election-related content.
Still find it baffling that YouTube isn't being called in front of Senate Judiciary next week alongside Facebook and Twitter. They've done the least of any platform. Good article from @David_Ingram with great quotes from @ubiquity75 and @evelyndouek. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Here's how it works: • Rudy Giuliani tweets election disinfo • A YouTube conspiracy channel posts a video • Facebook groups boost the video • The video gets 1.8M views • YouTube doesn't even label the video • The channel begins selling merch https://www.vice.com/... https://twitt…
Either she's not fit for the job of chief executive or YouTube can't exist inside of the holding company for Google's many monopolies. It's one or the other or both but status quo is toxic. https://twitter.com/...
With election misinformation, YouTube has staked out a position that is less aggressive than its social media competitors; wants to give users room for “discussion of election results.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Social media companies will allow a load of stolen election nonsense because they think that in 4 years time they'll be dealing with a Republican administration, after a genuinely stolen election, and it's hard to see a flaw in their logic
And now The Next News Network is making money off of YouTube by selling merchandise. Having ads on videos, being verified, given an award by YouTube, merchandise — YouTube has allowed multiple benefits for a channel that has repeatedly spread falsehoods. https://twitter.com/...
YouTube says it has demonetized this video by removing ads... ....but the grift continues as merchandise is still being sold under the video — and YouTube takes a cut of these sales. The video is closing in on 1.9M views https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
This is a new statistic. Of course, it would be more useful if YT gave us a full list of authoritative sources (we've asked, YT said no). And of course, this statistic ignores how most of these videos are being viewed through shares on FB and other platforms. https://twitter.com/…
This doesn't get to the question of why these specific videos with the same messages (that the company will later say flout ad policy then demonetize) go up every day and run ads, including for major brands, until the company is asked about it by reporters @YouTubeInsider https:/…
Two things that I would like very much from the big internet companies: 1) Regular, transparent data. Not this cherry picked stuff. 2) Reflection that goes way beyond data, such as: Is this the platform that we want? Are we proud of this? https://twitter.com/...