Jun. 9—A man landed on the moon. Tupac Shakur, like Elvis, is dead. Tragically, mass shootings are real, not false flag operations.
Though you can find videos on YouTube suggesting these facts should be questioned, most of us are smart enough to separate reality from fiction.
And while the majority of Americans believe that President Joe Biden fairly won the 2020 election, we'll again be tested with false claims that the contest was stolen from former President Donald Trump as his campaign rhetoric ramps up. YouTube isn't going to stand in the way.
In a June 2 blog post, YouTube announced that it will no longer remove inaccurate posts about elections.
"In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm," YouTube said in the post. "With that in mind, and with 2024 campaigns well underway, we will stop removing content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past U.S. presidential elections."
As an aside, this statement sums up what journalists have been screaming for years. You can't trust social media to monitor posts, which means false information can spread like wildfire on platforms like YouTube. The Google-owned company concedes it will no longer remove disinformation, which is a red flag to those who value truth.
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