In a Friday News Dump, YouTube Announces Election Disinformation Policy Changes In June 2023, YouTube issued a policy statement on 2020 election "misinformation," what it calls disinformation.
‘Established Titles’ Controversy In November 2022, controversy over "Established Titles" and its purported conference of the titles "Lord" and "Lady" emerged on social media.
YouTube Targeting ‘Abortion Misinformation’ Post-Dobbs The social video site announced plans to remove "abortion misinformation" on its platform in July 2022.
YouTube Reverses Course, Reinstates Watchdog Site Monitoring Conspiracists The media watchdog site Right Wing Watch (RWW) was reinstated onto YouTube after the platform initially removed its channel on June 28 2021 for unspecified reasons. “We are glad that by reinstating our account, YouTube recognizes our position that there is a world of difference between reporting on offensive activities and committing them,” site director […]
Does Trump Have an OnlyFans Account? At least one impersonator has been kicked off the subscriber-based platform.
Twisted Tea Circle K Fight Video Spreads Virally On December 24 2020, “Twisted Tea” became a popular trending term in the wake of footage showing an altercation at an Ohio Circle-K. Footage of the incident, which involved racial slurs and a can of Twisted Tea, was shared to r/PublicFreakout alongside a concise but comprehensive title — “Drunk guy yells N Word and gets SMACKED with […]
How to Fight Disinformation: Introduction and Overview Your personal data is out there for the foreseeable future, so you have to fight against its myriad uses in other ways.
Tinkerbell ‘Dotting the I’ Mandela Effect Numerous social media users in August 2020 were unsettled to hear Tinkerbell never "dotted the i" in Disney home media DVDs or VHS tapes.
‘State of Illinois Definition of a COVID-19 Death’ Questionable online accounts tried to cast doubt on the tracking method for deaths in Illinois -- and, by inference, beyond.
Is a Texas Doctor Curing COVID-19 Patients For $50? Dr. Brian Procter gained attention on both Facebook and YouTube for his "aggressive outpatient regimen."
