Google notes that similar COVID-19 information panels have been viewed 400 billion times on YouTube. In October, YouTube banned misinformation about the pandemic that contradicts information from the World Health Organization (WHO) or local health authorities. That followed a similar move from Facebook, which said in August this year that it had removed 7 million posts for coronavirus misinformation.
Now, the Google News Initiative is providing an additional $1.5 million to fund the creation of a COVID-19 Vaccine Media Hub and support new fact-checking research..
Earlier this year, Google gave $6.5 million to fund COVID-19 fact-checking initiatives for reporters. Now, Google News will provide an additional $1.5 million to fund a COVID-19 Vaccine Media Hub led by the Australian Science Media Centre, with support from media centers and public health experts around the world.
It’s also funding research by academics at Columbia, George…