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YouTube is turning to Wikipedia to help it fight conspiracy theories

As the public grows more concerned about the heaps of harmful or misleading videos on YouTube, the company is looking for ways to clean itself up. Speaking at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, on the evening of March 13, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said the video streamer …

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BTS to Star in Docuseries ‘BTS: Burn The Stage’ on YouTube Red

The global sensation will star in a new YouTube Original series titled BTS: Burn the Stage, set to launch on YouTube Red later this month. The eight-episode series will give fans an intimate look at the seven members as they embarked on their sold-out 2017 world tour BTS Live Trilogy …

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YouTube: What If We Just Inserted a Link to Wikipedia Under Some of the Conspiracy Videos

On Tuesday at tech festival SXSW, streaming site and Google subsidiary YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki proposed one solution to the conspiracy screeds and “false flag” hoax videos that are slowly but surely taking over the site by gaming its algorithms. No, it's not really a critical self-examination of … Read More

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Why media companies are shifting their attention from Facebook to YouTube

Durant and Rich Kleiman, his manager and co-founder of Thirty Five Media, sidestepped the other big platforms and met with YouTube's top brass, including CEO Susan Wojcicki, chief business officer Robert Kyncl and chief product officer Neal Mohan. Kleiman already knew how big an audience … Read More

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YouTube to Use Wikipedia to Combat Hoaxes

YouTube said on Tuesday that it would begin displaying information from Wikipedia and other websites on some videos on the platform as part of an effort to push back against hoaxes and conspiracies that appear on the site. “People can still watch the videos but then they actually have access …

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YouTube CEO talks misinformation, creators and comments at SXSW

YouTube's presence at SXSW 2018 extended beyond its Story HQ, a space where it turned ads into videos that feel more like art. The company's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, was part of a panel at the event titled "Navigating the Video Revolution in the Digital Age." There, she talked about a …

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YouTube plans to add Wikipedia links below videos about controversial topics

Today in Austin, Texas at the annual South by Southwest festival, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that Google is planning several moves over the next year to tackle misinformation on the platform. The first of this round of initiatives is called “information cues,” and basically adds links to … Read More

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YouTube to display Wikipedia ‘facts’ alongside conspiracy videos

San Francisco: YouTube will begin displaying text from Wikipedia articles and other websites alongside some videos in a couple of weeks as the Google sister company attempts to combat hoaxes and conspiracy theories on the service, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Susan Wojcicki, speaking on … Read More

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YouTube Is Working With Wikipedia to Add Context to Conspiracy Videos

The past 18 months have been tough for YouTube. Between discovering Russia-linked propaganda ads and dealing with brand safety issues that are a result of the platform's sophisticated programmatic advertising, YouTube is trying to clean up its act and assure both consumers and brands that it's a … Read More

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YouTube’s solution to scary conspiracy theories: Wikipedia

YouTube is the place to find the TRUTH about 9/11, the moon landing, vaccines, and the healing power of crystals. And by truth, we mean conspiracy theories from guys with the username red_pill75. At SXSW on Tuesday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki unveiled the company's solution to its fake news … Read …