Video sharing platform YouTube is in action regarding videos giving wrong information. The Google-led platform has announced that cancer treatment videos (YouTube cancer treatment fake video) which are full of misinformation or misleading information will not appear on YouTube in the coming days. The company will now remove it from its platform. YouTube said Tuesday it will remove content that promotes cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective or that discourages viewers from seeking professional medical treatment.
YouTube will take Steps
Reportedly, YouTube said it will bring its dozens of existing misinformation guidelines into order under three categories – prevention, treatment and denial. Dr Garth Graham, director and global head of Healthcare and Public Health Partnership, said these policies will apply to specific health conditions, treatments and materials where content contradicts the recommendations of local health authorities or the World Health Organization (WHO), reports IANS. Is. The platform (YouTube) will remove content that denies health authority guidance on the prevention and transmission of specific health conditions and the safety and effectiveness of recommended vaccines.
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YouTube said it will include content that promotes a harmful substance for the prevention of disease and content that seeks to treat a particular occasion instead of seeking a cure. Promotes unproven treatments, such as promoting cesium chloride as a cancer treatment. Matt Helprin, VP and Global Head of Trust and Safety said that we will remove content (YouTube cancer treatment fake video) that causes controversy. This includes content that denies that the patient died of COVID-19.
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