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    Social media platforms 'failed to counter Notre Dame fire misinformation'

    Algorithms did not prevent spread of conspiracy theories about fire, say critics
    by Alex Hern Apr 16, 2019 2 minutes
    Firefighters work at Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire devastated large parts of the gothic church in Paris. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

    The Notre Dame Cathedral fire presented social media companies with one of the first major tests of their nascent programmes aimed at fighting misinformation in real time – and critics say they failed.

    As footage of the cathedral burning was uploaded to YouTube by major news providers, anti-misinformation algorithms launched by the video-sharing site last year kicked in. Unfortunately, the algorithms wrongly identified

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