Google's YouTube policy change to permit dangerous election denial
videos apparently only applies to the U.S. Their blog post announcing
this change explicitly only applies to the U.S. 2020 election and past
U.S. presidential elections.
If we look at the actual YouTube help page related to "elections
misinformation policies" -
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10835034?hl=en#zippy=%2Celection-integrity
we find a notice at the top saying that:
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On June 2, 2023, we updated how this policy applies to past US
election outcomes. Learn more in our blog.
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But looking further down this page, we see that prohibitions still
apply in other countries:
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Election integrity: Content advancing false claims that widespread
fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in certain past elections to
determine heads of government. Or, content that claims that the
certified results of those elections were false. This policy currently
applies to:
- The 2021 German federal election
- The 2014, 2018, and 2022 Brazilian Presidential elections"
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It appears that Google is much more concerned about other countries'
election integrity than they are about our own, where election lies
triggered an insurrection.
Google has lost its way. -L
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--Lauren--
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