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New Delhi:YouTube is approving misleading advertisements ahead of Indias Lok Sabha elections, global rights groups Access Now and Global Witness have alleged in areportreleased Wednesday...
According to the report, as an experiment, 48 sample ads with election-related content which is prohibited under YouTubes rules were submitted to the video-sharing platform between February and March this year..
All of these dummy ads, submitted in Hindi, English and Telugu, were approved within a 24-hour review period...
YouTubes wholesale approval of these ads calls into question the resourcing and effectiveness of its (YouTubes) moderation processes, and raises urgent concerns about their preparedness for a major election season, the report said...
In its response, YouTube said the ads in question were withdrawn by the advertiser before undergoing routine enforcement evaluations, and therefore could not be screened through the additional layers of scrutiny, including human evaluations to ensure compliance with policies...
