YouTube okayed ads with misinformation on India’s election process: Report

Video streaming giant YouTube allegedly approved almost 50 advertisements having misinformation about elections recently, according to a joint investigative report by digital rights group AccessNow and Global Witness.

But Youtube, while reacting to the report, said that none of the advertisements ever ran on its systems.

The advocacy groups claimed that a total of 48 misleading advertisements in English, Hindi, and Telugu containing content prohibited by YouTube’s advertising and elections misinformation policies, were allegedly approved by the streaming giant.