JAKARTA - YouTube has indeed removed and taken down some fake live streaming video content related to the US Presidential Election. However, Google's video sharing platform did not delete the video claiming President Donald Trump's victory.
Reported by Techcrunch, Thursday, November 5 entitled 'Trump Won. MSM Hope you don't believe your eyes' uploaded by the pro-Trump media organization One American News Network (OANN) went viral because it was considered a one-sided claim. In the video footage, news anchor Christina Bobb said Trump won in his second term.
Suddenly the news channel was flooded with negative responses from Democratic party sympathizers. Where the video has been watched more than 366,000 times with 36 thousand of them liked the news snippet.
Although it is considered to convey false information, in fact YouTube did not remove or take down the video content. Because these channels and videos do not violate community policy, by displaying false and misleading content related to the US Presidential Election.
"Our Community Guidelines prohibit content that misleads viewers about voting, for example content that aims to mislead voters about the time, place, means or eligibility requirements for voting, or false claims that could materially deter voting," said a YouTube spokesperson. Andrea Faville.
As a sanction, YouTube will only withdraw ad impressions that are embedded in OANN video shows. In addition, YouTube also added that if the results of the US Presidential Election were still not final, users would then be directed to the front page of Google and credible media that displayed the results of the official vote count.
So far, YouTube has removed several channels that display live streaming content related to the fake vote count results from the US Presidential Election. YouTube itself will only prioritize live broadcasts from official news agencies related to the 2020 US Presidential Election.
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