REFILE-YouTube faces complaints of lax approach on overseas election misinformation
18 Dec 2020 / 16:21 H. (Corrects to add full name in paragraph 27) By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE, Dec 18 (Reuters) - After facing heavy criticism for not doing enough to stem misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election, YouTube announced last week it would remove videos that alleged fraud had changed the outcome of the contest. But half a world away in Myanmar, which held a general election just five days after the U.S. vote and faced a tidal wave of online misinformation including unfounded claims of voter fraud, the new rules do not apply. Social media researchers and civil society ...