Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki

Could these videos be posted to YouTube? In a recent talk <https://vimeo.com/album/5793528>, internet researcher danah boyd makes the observation (around minute 15) that one of the problems with conspiracy propagation in YouTube is that nobody generally bothers to produce response videos to counteract disinformation narratives. So people who use YouTube to get their "news" (<-- a HUGE number of younger internet users) are never exposed to the truth around these subjects. Many of us are aware that last year YouTube tried, somewhat problematically, to link to Wikipedia articles in an attempt to counter disinformation. But it would be even more useful to* insert factual information into the YouTube ecosystem itself*. It seems to me that VideoWiki tool gives our Movement a powerful new tool to counter disinformation in a more timely manner. Imagine a 4 minute video that pulls from multiple Wikipedia articles and other WM data sources and which is designed to counter, say, a new viral anti-vaxx video in a concise and engaging way. Before VideoWiki, this would have been pretty labor-intensive to create. With VideoWiki, it seems like we're close to being able to develop this kind of content in a much more timely manner. But to be effective, the video needs to reach the intended audience. The best way to do that is to post it to YouTube, where that audience is. Hence my opening question. What do people think? Jonathan On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 5:47 PM James Heilman &lt;jmh649(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Jonathan T. Morgan Senior Design Researcher Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)>