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YouTube’s Loaded With EV Disinformation::When it comes to articles on a website like CleanTechnica, there are two kinds of articles. First, there are the ... [continued]

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 220 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

YouTube’s loaded with disinformation about everything. Especially egregious are the awful ads YouTube runs about scammy health cures and devices.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which is why we need downvote buttons by default for those videos. People say it's unnecessary, but you at least have to let the upvotes go to zero if there are that many downvotes.

[–] silverbax@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Only YouTube says downvotes are unnecessary, users want them back and never wanted them removed.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We need laws that make it illegal to disinform people for profit.

[–] silverbax@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are, and have been, but Republicans constantly work to repeal them, calling it 'deregulation'.

Businesses would sell you cyanide and call it a weight-loss miracle cure if the laws didn't prevent it.

[–] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

"Use this eye mask to protect you from 5g while you sleep" yes, such a thing existed, and it was removed from amazon for putting out harmful radiation.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Not just ads, but actual content creators themselves. If a channel has someone calling themselves "Dr." and giving out medical advice, 99% they are a chiropractor.

[–] johnyrocket@feddit.ch 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And don't forget that mr Beast is gifting all his subscribers 100$ if you just send a pic of your social security card