Clear policy for 2024 Lok Sabha poll, will remove misinformation quickly: YouTube
New Delhi, October 27: YouTube said on Thursday that they have a clear policy for the 2024 Lok Sabha election in which they will remove misinformation as soon as possible and that their approach is comprehensive.
Addressing the CyFy 2022 event virtually, Chief Product Officer of YouTube and Senior Vice-President of Google Neal Mohan said, "Our approach is comprehensive. Our approach is to make sure that we have clear policies around election integrity or potentially misinformation related to elections. How to vote, where to vote, candidate liability, all of those types of things which come into play during elections."
He added, "We have policies where we remove that type of content as quickly as possible. We have context, policies around the violence, incitement to violence, hate speech, etc., to make sure that elections happen in a peaceful manner so that people will feel safe when they're voting."
In response to a question about how YouTube reach has become an integral part of our daily lives, including politics, he stated, "How does a platform that was beneficial for so many creators and for other economic and communication purposes navigate with this highly polarized and political future of 2024 election?"
"YouTube is a place where that discourse is happening, which happens around election cycles that happen throughout the year. It is a place where people come and share ideas, share their perspective, share differing opinions, in terms of political outcomes they desire, in terms of policy outcomes they desire," he further said.
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He went on to say, "Millions of times over and over on YouTube on a regular basis and maintaining that open platform and making sure it's a place where that type of dialogue interaction can happen is of paramount importance."
"Our approach is comprehensive. Our approach is making sure that we have clear policies around election integrity for potential misinformation related to elections, how to vote, where to vote, candidate liability, and all of those types of things which come into play during elections. We have policies where we remove that type of content as quickly as possible."
"We have context, policies around the violence, incitement to violence, hate speech etc., to make sure that elections happen in a peaceful manner so that people will feel safe when they're voting. We don't just stop there with our policies. As you know, a lot of what happens on platforms like YouTube is about the type of content that is recommended. We have a number of products and you'll see them in the context of the Indian election, where we serve up things like an information panel, so when users come to YouTube, they get accurate information from election authorities about voting. In the US we were those panels when the results were certified by the state here in the US so that we raise up authoritative content that users are looking for," he said.
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