“Coronavirus EXPLAINED”: YouTube, COVID-19, and the Socio-Technical Mediation of Expertise

Since the coronavirus outbreak, YouTube has altered its content moderation policies to surface more “authoritative information” while removing videos that contain “medically unsubstantiated claims.” This was made urgent by incidents like a live-stream interview of renowned British conspiracy theoris...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nahema Marchal, Hubert Au
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-08-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120948158