Fostering informed viewers

We work alongside the news industry to help foster an informed citizenry by offering products that provide context, so viewers can make well-informed decisions about the world.
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Providing context to viewers

Sometimes a video alone does not provide enough context to viewers about what they’re watching. That’s why we highlight text-based information about certain events, topics, publishers, and more from third-party sources using Information Panels across YouTube.

Developing news

In developing news situations – when high-quality video may not be immediately available – we display links to text-based news articles from authoritative sources in YouTube search results. We also provide a reminder that developing news can rapidly change.
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Fact checks

Our fact check information panels provide fresh context by highlighting relevant, third-party fact-checked articles above search results for relevant queries so that viewers can make their own informed decision about claims made in the news.
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Topics prone to misinformation

For well-established historical and scientific topics that are often subject to misinformation, general reference articles linking to third-party sources appear alongside related search results and videos. We do this by surfacing contextual information from third-party sources including Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia to provide more context.
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Publisher funding

Since knowledge around funding sources can provide context when assessing an organization's background, we disclose government or public funding for news publishers via information panels alongside their videos.
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