Youtube Response During Coronavirus

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tabindex="-1"> Advancing sustainability </a> </nav> </nav> </div> </aside> </header> <main class="ytr-main ytr-youtube-response-during-coronavirus"> <section class="ytr-section"> <div class="lb-padding-top-s lb-padding-bottom-s ytr-hero"> <div class="ytr-section__window"> <div class="lb-grid lb-grid--image-left"> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--offset-5-span-7 lb-grid__cell--sm-span-12 ytr-flex-col ytr-flex-col--vert-center ytr-hero__details"> <small class="ytr-eyebrow lb-margin-bottom-l ytr-hero__eyebrow"> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-eyebrow ytr-eyebrow__text"> Our commitments </span> <img class="ytr-eyebrow__underline" src="/web/20210130170914im_/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/static/images/eyebrow-underline.png" role="presentation"> </small> <h1> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-gamma-headline"> How has YouTube responded to the global COVID-19 crisis? </span> </h1> <div class="lb-font-body"> <p class="md md-p">Since the outbreak of COVID-19, YouTube has remained committed to help people access authoritative health and news information on our platform. We’ve approached COVID-19 by building on the policies, resources, and products we’ve invested in over the past few years to live up to our responsibility. We’ve also launched initiatives across the globe to help users continue to learn and stay connected as we adapt to a changing world.</p> </div> </div> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--span-4 lb-grid__cell--sm-span-12 ytr-flex-col ytr-flex-col--vert-center ytr-hero__image-wrapper"> <img class="ytr-hero__image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914im_/https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JVIjahZXh_nwI_Ol8GObNNzb_EkV1DtvC3GlAgG3rV2a9A2-6xc55lmf_N8wGrSzvljqzYR_2ztCCUTZFqVK8ntJZ0qZcAqPDEP5=v3-s20-fblur=1,20" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914im_/https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JVIjahZXh_nwI_Ol8GObNNzb_EkV1DtvC3GlAgG3rV2a9A2-6xc55lmf_N8wGrSzvljqzYR_2ztCCUTZFqVK8ntJZ0qZcAqPDEP5=v1-s682 682w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914im_/https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JVIjahZXh_nwI_Ol8GObNNzb_EkV1DtvC3GlAgG3rV2a9A2-6xc55lmf_N8wGrSzvljqzYR_2ztCCUTZFqVK8ntJZ0qZcAqPDEP5=v1-s1024 1024w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914im_/https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JVIjahZXh_nwI_Ol8GObNNzb_EkV1DtvC3GlAgG3rV2a9A2-6xc55lmf_N8wGrSzvljqzYR_2ztCCUTZFqVK8ntJZ0qZcAqPDEP5=v0-s2048 2048w" alt="Responding to COVID-19"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="ytr-section ytr-section--article" data-lb-auto-init="ArticlePage"> <div class="ytr-section__window"> <div class="lb-grid ytr-article"> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--md-span-12 lb-grid__cell--lg-span-4"> <ul class="ytr-article__tabs ytr-js-tabs ytr-article__tabs--has-nested-list"> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper"> <a href="#providing-helpful-information" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-js-tab"> Providing helpful information </a> <ul class="ytr-article__tabs ytr-article__tabs--nested"> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper--nested"> <a href="#authoritative-content" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-article__tabs-tab--nested ytr-js-tab"> Authoritative content </a> </li> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper--nested"> <a href="#removing-misinformation" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-article__tabs-tab--nested ytr-js-tab"> Removing misinformation </a> </li> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper--nested"> <a href="#curbing-borderline-content" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-article__tabs-tab--nested ytr-js-tab"> Curbing borderline content </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper"> <a href="#helping-adapt-to-change" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-js-tab"> Helping adapt to change </a> <ul class="ytr-article__tabs ytr-article__tabs--nested"> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper--nested"> <a href="#remote-learning" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-article__tabs-tab--nested ytr-js-tab"> Remote learning </a> </li> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper--nested"> <a href="#staying-connected" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-article__tabs-tab--nested ytr-js-tab"> Staying connected </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="ytr-article__tabs-tab-wrapper"> <a href="#supporting-recovery" class="lb-font-body lb-font--no-crop lb-font-color-grey5 ytr-article__tabs-tab ytr-js-tab"> Supporting recovery </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--md-offset-1-span-10 lb-grid__cell--lg-offset-4-span-8 ytr-article__content-wrapper"> <div class="ytr-article__content ytr-js-tabs-content-block lb-hide" id="providing-helpful-information"> <h2 class="md md-h2">How is YouTube connecting users with authoritative content while limiting misinformation?</h2> <p class="md md-p">Over the past few years, we’ve accelerated our efforts to protect the YouTube community from harmful content. This is also how we are approaching COVID-19 related content on YouTube. We raise authoritative voices, remove misinformation, and reduce the spread of borderline content so that our community can connect with timely and helpful information at this critical time.</p> <p class="md md-p" md-node-state="empty"><div class="ytr-resources lb-padding-top-s lb-margin-top-m lb-margin-bottom-m"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid__cell ytr-resources-grid__cell--span-2"> <h3 class="lb-margin-bottom-xs"> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-subhead"> Resources </span> </h3> <ul> <li class="lb-font-paragraph lb-margin-top-s"> <div class="lb-margin-top-xs lb-font-paragraph ytr-button"> <a class="ytr-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9777243?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow"> Check here for regular updates on how YouTube is addressing the situation <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 24 24" fill="#065fd4"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M19 19H5V5h7V3H5a2 2 0 00-2 2v14a2 2 0 002 2h14c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2v-7h-2v7zM14 3v2h3.59l-9.83 9.83 1.41 1.41L19 6.41V10h2V3h-7z"/></svg> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></p> </div> <div class="ytr-article__content ytr-js-tabs-content-block lb-hide" id="authoritative-content"> <h2 class="md md-h2">Raising authoritative voices</h2> <p class="md md-p">We display information panels linking to global and locally relevant health officials on our homepage, and in panels that appear on videos and searches about COVID-19. Collectively, these panels have served over 100B impressions.</p> <p class="md md-p">We've also donated ad inventory to governments and NGOs to help give their public health messages about COVID-19 more visibility on YouTube.</p> <p class="md md-p">We help users stay up to date with the latest information by pointing them to trusted sources. During the first few months of COVID-19, YouTube had launched a news shelf for COVID-19 that displayed timely videos from authoritative news and health sources on the home page.</p> <p class="md md-p" md-node-state="empty"><div class="ytr-resources lb-padding-top-s lb-margin-top-m lb-margin-bottom-m"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid__cell ytr-resources-grid__cell--span-2"> <h3 class="lb-margin-bottom-xs"> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-subhead"> Resources </span> </h3> <ul> <li class="lb-font-paragraph lb-margin-top-s"> <div class="lb-margin-top-xs lb-font-paragraph ytr-button"> <a class="ytr-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9777243?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow"> Check here for regular updates on how YouTube is addressing the situation <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 24 24" fill="#065fd4"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M19 19H5V5h7V3H5a2 2 0 00-2 2v14a2 2 0 002 2h14c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2v-7h-2v7zM14 3v2h3.59l-9.83 9.83 1.41 1.41L19 6.41V10h2V3h-7z"/></svg> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></p> </div> <div class="ytr-article__content ytr-js-tabs-content-block lb-hide" id="removing-misinformation"> <h2 class="md md-h2">Removing misinformation</h2> <p class="md md-p">As the COVID-19 situation has evolved, we have partnered closely with global and local health authorities to ensure our policy definition and enforcement is effective in removing content where there is a serious risk of egregious harm. Our policies prohibit, for example, content that denies the existence of the coronavirus or encourages the use of home remedies in place of medical treatment. We also prohibit content that explicitly disputes the efficacy of global or local health authority advice regarding social distancing that may lead people to act against that guidance.</p> <p class="md md-p" md-node-state="empty"><div class="ytr-resources lb-padding-top-s lb-margin-top-m lb-margin-bottom-m"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid__cell ytr-resources-grid__cell--span-2"> <h3 class="lb-margin-bottom-xs"> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-subhead"> Resources </span> </h3> <ul> <li class="lb-font-paragraph lb-margin-top-s"> <div class="lb-margin-top-xs lb-font-paragraph ytr-button"> <a class="ytr-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9777243?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow"> Check here for regular updates on how YouTube is addressing the situation <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 24 24" fill="#065fd4"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M19 19H5V5h7V3H5a2 2 0 00-2 2v14a2 2 0 002 2h14c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2v-7h-2v7zM14 3v2h3.59l-9.83 9.83 1.41 1.41L19 6.41V10h2V3h-7z"/></svg> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></p> </div> <div class="ytr-article__content ytr-js-tabs-content-block lb-hide" id="curbing-borderline-content"> <h2 class="md md-h2">Reducing the spread of borderline content</h2> <p class="md md-p">Content that comes close to — but doesn’t quite cross the line of — violating our Community Guidelines is a fraction of 1% of what’s watched on YouTube in the U.S. In 2019, we began <a class="md md-a" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://youtube.googleblog.com/2019/01/continuing-our-work-to-improve.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">reducing recommendations</a> of borderline content or videos that could misinform users in harmful ways. This work has been foundational in ensuring that we limit the spread of COVID-19 related borderline content on our site. </p> <p class="md md-p" md-node-state="empty"><div class="ytr-resources lb-padding-top-s lb-margin-top-m lb-margin-bottom-m"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid__cell ytr-resources-grid__cell--span-2"> <h3 class="lb-margin-bottom-xs"> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-subhead"> Resources </span> </h3> <ul> <li class="lb-font-paragraph lb-margin-top-s"> <div class="lb-margin-top-xs lb-font-paragraph ytr-button"> <a class="ytr-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9777243?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow"> Check here for regular updates on how YouTube is addressing the situation <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 24 24" fill="#065fd4"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M19 19H5V5h7V3H5a2 2 0 00-2 2v14a2 2 0 002 2h14c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2v-7h-2v7zM14 3v2h3.59l-9.83 9.83 1.41 1.41L19 6.41V10h2V3h-7z"/></svg> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></p> </div> <div class="ytr-article__content ytr-js-tabs-content-block lb-hide" id="helping-adapt-to-change"> <h2 class="md md-h2">How has YouTube helped people adapt to a changing world?</h2> <p class="md md-p">In a short time, COVID-19 has changed how people live their lives. From parents, to teachers to remote workers, we’re creating resources to help users adapt to extraordinary circumstances as they practice social distancing.</p> <p class="md md-p" md-node-state="empty"><div class="ytr-resources lb-padding-top-s lb-margin-top-m lb-margin-bottom-m"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid"> <div class="ytr-resources-grid__cell ytr-resources-grid__cell--span-2"> <h3 class="lb-margin-bottom-xs"> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-subhead"> Resources </span> </h3> <ul> <li class="lb-font-paragraph lb-margin-top-s"> <div class="lb-margin-top-xs lb-font-paragraph ytr-button"> <a class="ytr-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9777243?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow"> Check here for regular updates on how YouTube is addressing the situation <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 24 24" fill="#065fd4"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M19 19H5V5h7V3H5a2 2 0 00-2 2v14a2 2 0 002 2h14c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2v-7h-2v7zM14 3v2h3.59l-9.83 9.83 1.41 1.41L19 6.41V10h2V3h-7z"/></svg> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></p> </div> <div class="ytr-article__content ytr-js-tabs-content-block lb-hide" id="remote-learning"> <h2 class="md md-h2">Remote learning</h2> <p class="md md-p">As schools closed their buildings and families found themselves at home, we launched <a class="md md-a" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://learnathome.withyoutube.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Learn@Home</a> and enhanced the <a class="md md-a" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://www.youtube.com/learning" rel="noopener" target="_blank">YouTube Learning Hub</a> to help parents and guardians complement family learning with supplemental learning content and activities. From <a class="md md-a" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Khan Academy</a> to <a class="md md-a" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://www.youtube.com/user/Edelviveseditorial" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Edelvives</a> to <a class="md md-a" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210130170914/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu0yQD7NFMyLu_-TmKa4Hqg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kok Bisa</a>, these resources spotlight content across math, science, history and arts from popular learning channels. 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