YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google, has been swept up in a raging debate over the power of internet gatekeepers. Trump has accused Google of bias against conservatives, while Democratic lawmakers have chastised YouTube for not removing conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 pandemic swiftly enough. — Bloomberg
YouTube boss Susan Wojcicki responded to US President Donald Trump’s executive order on May 28, saying the online video giant supports a wide variety of opinions and runs its service in a neutral way.
The order calls for new regulations to limit liability protections enjoyed by social-media companies if they "engage in censoring or any political conduct”. It came after a tussle between Trump and Twitter Inc, which flagged posts from the president with a fact-checking label for the first time earlier this week.
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