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YouTube plans ‘information cues’ to combat hoaxes

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During a talk at SXSW 2018, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki revealed one way her company will push back against the spread of misinformation. Information cues including a text box linking to a third party source like Wikipedia could appear under some videos that could debunk hoaxes around widely accepted events like the moon landing. While she said that YouTube is not a news organization she said that it wants to deliver the right information. At least at first, however, the boxes …

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