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YouTube adding tools to identify ‘authoritative’ health sources

By: Travis Pittman

YouTube says it will take steps to help its users identify health videos from “authoritative sources” to find credible information. It comes as the Biden administration has been calling out social media companies over allowing COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation.

“We’re adding new health source information panels on videos to help viewers identify videos from authoritative sources, and health content shelves that more effectively highlight videos from these sources when you search for specific health topics,” read a blog post from Dr. Garth Graham, YouTube’s Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health Partnerships…read more.

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