“Misinformation policy violated: Content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the U.S. 2020 presidential election is not allowed on YouTube.”
That was the message I received from YouTube after they removed the video of a recent interview I conducted with Peter Wood, an anthropologist and academic who believes — like tens of millions of Americans — that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
During the podcast, which YouTube ultimately decided to restore after an appeal and further review, Wood also claimed that the Jan. 6 riots were incited by liberal activists working in collusion with the FBI, a theory trumpeted by Trump and commentators within the conservative media.
I have not counted the 2020 votes myself, nor was I at the Capitol on Jan. 6. However, based on sources of information I trust, I am highly confident that Joe Biden was the legitimate winner of the election and that the vast majority of the Jan. 6 rioters were Trump supporters intent on disrupting the peaceful transfer of power.
But millions of my fellow citizens are equally confident in the theories embraced by Wood and other conservative influencers.
Most Americans trust the narratives they believe to be true in good faith, regardless of their factuality. They believe their side is protecting democracy, while the other side is working deliberately to undermine it. Misinformation thrives in an environment of low trust. And bridging this...
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