This follows the two separate cyber libel complaints that Sen. Francis Pangilinan filed July 2021 against YouTube channels "Latest Chika" and "Starlet" for alleged false videos, which the popular online platform has since taken down.
The information panel giving topical context will appear regardless of the opinions and perspectives expressed in the video, on both search results and watch pages when people search for topics on YouTube that are prone to misinformation.
YouTube has unveiled the several local lists of top trending videos and creators that captured the hearts and engagements of netizens in the Philippines in 2021.
The video site also saw more than 25% rise in watchtime from April 2020 to April 2021, while total hours of content uploaded by channels in the Philippines grew more than four times between 2020 and 2019.
In the Philippines, the top five most popular apps and websites for Filipino children are YouTube (29.40%), TikTok (14.47%), Messenger (13.51%), Roblox (8.71%), and Facebook (8.50%).
YouTube has introduced Violative View Rate (VVR), a new metric measuring how much of the views on the platform come from content violating its policies.
On April 9, in commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan, “Magiting+” airs its third episode, featuring the heroism of Filipino soldiers during the Battle of Bataan and the Death March during World War II.
