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BBC to Combat Disinformation on Social Media
The new boss of the BBC, Matt Brittin, announces plans to combat disinformation on YouTube and X/Twitter. He draws from his experience at Google to address the growing issue of misinformation online.
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BBC director general Matt Brittin has said that the British broadcaster will double down on YouTube and X/Twitter to counter the tidal wave of disinformation online. Brittin may have spent the majority of his career at Google, but it did not stop him from acknowledging that YouTube is a breeding gro
2026-07-08 11:24 UTC