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YouTube wants to debunk conspiracy theory videos using other resources, such as Wikipedia:
In Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki told the audience at the South by Southwest Interactive conference that the social video site plans to defuse conspiracy theory content by pairing it with corrective information culled from Wikipedia – a site editable by more or less anyone. However, she neglected to inform Wikipedia, which on Wednesday reacted with bemusement.
In a statement, the crowdsourced encyclopedia's parent, the Wikimedia Foundation, said, "We are always happy to see people, companies and organizations recognize Wikipedia's value as a repository of free knowledge. In this case, neither Wikipedia nor the Wikimedia Foundation are part of a formal partnership with YouTube. We were not given advance notice of this announcement." The foundation urged companies that use Wikipedia's content – that would be YouTube – "to give back in the spirit of sustainability."
Wikipedia contributor Phoebe Ayers framed the issue more bluntly, commenting via Twitter, "It's not polite to treat Wikipedia like an endlessly renewable resource with infinite free labor."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @12:02AM
It's a mixed bag, some articles are very good, but anything controversial tends to attract bias, and the system that was supposed to police that was broken down entirely and taken over by hostile forces years ago. Climate change articles are a good example, there are several people getting paid quite handsomely with public funds to WP:OWN each and every article and while the system banned some of them at first, they found exploits and within a year they had BECOME the system that was supposed to keep them out.
The problem with relying on volunteer labor is that anyone with money can pay people to 'volunteer' and the next thing you know your workforce is too busy doing what their REAL boss wants to pay you any mind.