YouTube to Reduce Spread of Videos Linking Coronavirus to 5G Technology

YouTube will take steps to reduce the spread of videos falsely tying the spread of the novel coronavirus to fifth-generation wireless technologies (5G), a conspiracy theory that has gained traction in recent weeks in some parts of the internet. An official for the video streaming giant told The Hill that it has started reducing how often such videos, or what they define as "borderline content," show up in user recommendations.