YouTube to crack down on conspiracy videos: Site says it will no longer in user ...

YouTube to crack down on conspiracy videos: Video site to stop recommending 'blatantly false' videos to users Google says move will target 'phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9/11' Combination of AI and humans will check the video content 

By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com

Published: 23:32 GMT, 25 January 2019 | Updated: 23:32 GMT, 25 January 2019

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 YouTube claims it will stop recommending conspiracy videos. 

Following complaints over the number of unwelcome videos appearing in recommendations, the Google-owned site says it plans to try and banish them.

It says  'borderline' videos that come close to violating community guidelines or those which 'misinform users in a harmful way.' will now be excluded.

Google claims the move will target 'phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9/11.'

Google claims the move will target 'phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about

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