The news media has an obligation to verify its reports. Is YouTube “news media”?
“YouTube Mistakenly Promoted False Video,” The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2018 A4. YouTube apologizes and removes video suggesting an alleged witness to the Parkland shootings was an actor and not a student.
Is YouTube merely a carrier of content provided by others or does it’s role in curating content make it liable if the curating yields misleading results? Does YouTube have the protections available to The New York Times? Should it? Who decides?
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