YouTube is no stranger to having to deal withmisinformationon its platform.
It will also remove content that discourages people from seeking professional medical treatment.
The removal of this medical misinformation will start Tuesday and ramp up in the coming weeks, YouTube said.
The crackdown is part of an effort to update and simplify YouTube’smedical misinformation policies.
These kinds of reports will require a timestamp and a description of what false info the video contains.
YouTube has struggled to contain videos with medical misinformation, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
