Senators Ask YouTube to Remove Election Misinformation
- Group of Democrats say videos cast doubt on legitimacy of vote
- Company says most searches find ‘authoritative’ sources
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A group of U.S. Senate Democrats is calling on YouTube to take down videos with “false and misleading” information about the election, a sign of political condemnation usually reserved for social networks Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
In the letter to Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki sent late Monday, the senators wrote that they have “deep concern” over election misinformation on the site, and asked YouTube to specify its approach to political videos about the upcoming runoff elections for two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia.