Highlights:
– YouTube has announced that it will take action against videos on its platform that provide false information about cancer treatment.
– The company will remove content that promotes harmful or ineffective cancer treatments or discourages viewers from seeking professional medical treatment.
– YouTube will categorize its existing medical information guidelines under three categories: prevention, treatment, and denial.
– Content that contradicts specific health conditions, treatments, and materials recommended by local health officials or the World Health Organization will be removed.
– YouTube will also remove controversial content that denies that death of a patient was caused by COVID-19.
YouTube, the popular video sharing platform, has taken action against videos that provide false information. Google-owned YouTube has announced that cancer treatment-related videos that are filled with misinformation and misleading information will no longer be displayed on the platform in the coming days. The company will now remove such content from its platform. On Tuesday, YouTube stated that it will remove content that promotes harmful or ineffective cancer treatments or discourages viewers from seeking professional medical treatment.
According to reports, YouTube will categorize its dozens of existing wrong medical information guidelines into three categories: prevention, treatment, and denial. The policies will apply to specific health conditions, treatments, and materials where the content contradicts local health authorities or the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. The platform will remove content that denies specific health conditions and contradicts guidance from health authorities on the prevention and transmission of recommended vaccines.
YouTube has said that it will include content that promotes substances that harm a disease’s prevention and encourages unproven treatments in place of seeking proper medical care, such as promoting sodium chloride as a cancer treatment. Matt Halprin, VP and Global Head of Trust and Safety, stated that they will remove content that sparks controversy, including content that denies that a patient’s death was due to COVID-19.
And, YouTube is taking significant steps to remove controversial content related to cancer treatment that promotes false information and discourages professional medical treatment. This action aims to ensure the dissemination of accurate and reliable information on the platform.
