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In a blog post posted Friday, YouTube said it will begin to reduce recommending "borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways – such as videos promoting a phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9/11."

The changes will take effect for now only in the United States and will eventually be rolled out to other countries.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/01/25/youtube-stop-recommending-conspiracy-videos-misinform-users/2677506002/

4 days later...

APNewsBreak: FBI finds no specific motive in Vegas shooting

https://apnews.com/00b90ac3e97a41c3b3c078855b32d75f?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn

>In a blog post posted Friday, YouTube said it will begin to reduce recommending "borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways – such as videos promoting a phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9/11." >The changes will take effect for now only in the United States and will eventually be rolled out to other countries. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/01/25/youtube-stop-recommending-conspiracy-videos-misinform-users/2677506002/ 4 days later... >APNewsBreak: FBI finds no specific motive in Vegas shooting https://apnews.com/00b90ac3e97a41c3b3c078855b32d75f?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn

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