The new YouTube functionality will warn of misleading content

On Monday, June 17, YouTube publicly unveiled the idea of a new feature aimed at content creators. Coming soon, first in the US, of course, will be a new feature called “notes.” YouTube will thus allow you to add context to your videos.

In the first test phase, YouTube will invite selected users and content creators on the platform to test the new functionality. The main goal of the annotations mentioned above is to add relevant information, timely updates and understandable context to the videos.

“Notes” could help users identify song parodies, show when a product in a video is actually available for purchase, and, with the help of YouTube's new feature, users could find out when an older clip is accidentally shown as a current event.

Social network X recently introduced a similar feature called “Community Notes.” X allowed certain users to add context to posts, including tags like “misleading” and “out of context.”

YouTube's "notes" feature will initially be available on mobile devices in the US, as is customary, in English. During this phase, third-party evaluators will monitor the effectiveness of the new functionality, which will help prepare the system for a potential global expansion.

YouTube also added that users in the US will be able to see the first notes on the platform in the coming weeks, and the most users will be included in the testing phase in the following months.