YouTube’s algorithm promotes medical misinformation in a number of languages, a BBC investigation has found. Searching YouTube across 10 languages, the BBC found more than 80 videos containing health misinformation – mainly bogus cancer cures.
Ten of the videos found had more than a million views. Many were accompanied by adverts. The BBC asked Professor Justin Stebbing, a cancer expert at Imperial College London, to have a look at some of these claims.
In a statement YouTube said: “We have taken a number of steps to address this including showing more authoritative content on medical issues ... Read even more
