YouTube Testing New Feature to Combat Misinformation

YouTube is experimenting with Notes, a crowdsourced feature that lets users add context to videos | TechCrunch 🔗

YouTube is testing a new experimental feature that will allow viewers to add "Notes" to provide more context and information on videos.

YouTube is testing a new feature called "Notes" that allows viewers to add context and information to videos. The company aims to use this feature to combat misinformation and is seeking feedback from users and creators during the test phase. Eligible users will be invited to write notes, and third-party evaluators will rate the helpfulness and accuracy of the notes, which will then be used to train YouTube's systems. The platform plans to continuously improve the feature based on user feedback and may consider an official rollout in the future.

YouTube is experimenting with a new feature called "Notes" that allows viewers to add context and information to videos.
The company aims to combat misinformation and seeks feedback from users and creators during the test phase.
Eligible users will be invited to write notes, and third-party evaluators will rate the helpfulness and accuracy of the notes, which will be used to train YouTube's systems.
YouTube plans to continuously improve the feature based on user feedback and may consider an official rollout in the future.