YouTube will remove videos that provide instructions on unsafe abortion methods or make false claims about abortion safety. AFP photo.
Youtube it will remove videos that spread disinformation on abortion and whose content they consider unsafe for viewers, as reported Thursday by the platform through their social networks.
“We will remove the content they provide instructions on unsafe abortion methods or making false claims on the safety of abortion, “they wrote on Twitter, claiming they were based on recommendations published by medical authorities.
In this line, YouTube has ensured to give priority connect its users with “authorized health sources.”“, then they will display a tab attached to the abortion content in which the definitions extracted from the National Library of Medicine will appear.
This type of panel will include a link and instructions to “consult your local medical authority” for “advice” on the subject.
This initiative that YouTube will roll out in the coming weeks comes after Google, the platform’s parent company, has faced harsh criticism from a group of lawmakers over its way of prioritizing the ordering of abortion news that appears first. in the browser.
YouTube will connect users who ask for abortion information with “authoritative health sources”. AFP photo.
According to these allegations, search engine optimization (SEO) tools would redirect those who Google for clinics to interrupt the gestation process to failing pregnancy centers (as opposed to abortion).
The company announced earlier this month that, following the overturning of the “Roe versus Wade” ruling that protected the right to abortion in the United States, it will work to swiftly eliminate the historical position of people turning to clinics for abortion.
Disputes over the dissemination of fake, misleading or manipulative content through YouTube have been a constant in recent times.
The platform has already applied similar restrictive procedures in the face of extraordinary events such as the coronavirus pandemic or various electoral processes with a high degree of social polarization.
However, it hasn’t happened until now that YouTube claims that all content promoting disinformation will be removed directly.
YouTube removes videos containing false vaccine information
YouTube announced in September 2021 that it would tighten its policies against “anti-vaccine” videos containing “misinformation on vaccinations”Against the coronavirus and other diseases.
“Videos with content falsely claiming that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects will be removed,” the company warned in a statement.
Likewise, the contents “that say that vaccines do not reduce the transmission of diseases or cause diseases or that they contain disinformation on the substances used“.
YouTube already removes videos containing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Photo: REUTERS / Dado Ruvic.
The platform also assured that this measure includes audiovisual excerpts according to which approved vaccines cause autism, cancer or infertility.
Misleading or misleading videos about older vaccines such as rubella or hepatitis B could also be removed from the site, the statement explains.
In return, “content on vaccination policies, new vaccine trials, as well as historical successes or failures, are still allowed as long as they comply with YouTube’s rules.
With information from EFE.
Source: Clarin
