YouTube adds information panels to videos to give voters reliable info ahead of US election

As most voters take to voting by post amid the pandemic, YouTube has put out videos on Mail-in Voting to combat posts spreading falsehoods.

Come together to stop spread of suicide content, TikTok urges Facebook, Google, Snapchat, others

It is proposed that nine social media firms speedily identify violent, graphic content, including suicide, and swiftly notify the others.

YouTube Shorts videos are limited to 15 seconds, according to the Google-owned platform used by some 2 billion people worldwide.

Online posts could also help document atrocities and abuses such as chemical weapons attacks in Syria and police abuse in the United States.

Lawmakers in Punjab passed a bill last month to put publishers in prison if they print or import material with “objectionable” content.

Software relied on this quarter to “cast a wider net so that content that could potentially harm the community would be quickly removed.”

Facebook is considering options including a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after election day to thwart misinformation.

“The YouTube you know and love is at risk in Australia,” the company tweeted from its YouTube Creators account.

It was unclear what prevented the social media companies from following their own rules for content moderation on blocking hate speech.

A coordinated effort is being made by online platforms to curb the spread of disinformation and thwart efforts to manipulate voters.