YouTube, Alphabet Inc’s Google video service, said on Tuesday that it would show text and links from third-party fact checkers to American viewers, as part of its efforts to curb misinformation on the site during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information panels, launched last year in Brazil and India, highlight fact-checked third-party articles above search results for specific topics such as “covid and ibuprofen”.
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Social media sites, including Facebook, are under pressure to fight disinformation about the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, from false healings to conspiracy theories. YouTube said in a blog post that more than a dozen US publishers are participating in its fact-checking network.