YouTube’s Independent Creators Are Mad That They Can’t Say ‘Coronavirus’

To prevent the spread of misinformation, the platform has been prioritizing traditional news sources

Chris Stokel-Walker
OneZero
Published in
4 min readMar 30, 2020

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YYouTube, like other social networks, has sent home its contractor-staffed human moderation teams in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. That means moderation decisions…

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Chris Stokel-Walker
OneZero

UK-based freelancer for The Guardian, The Economist, BuzzFeed News, the BBC and more. Tell me your story, or get me to write for you: stokel@gmail.com