A YouTube fact-check feature which is meant to tackle
In those attacks, Al-Qaeda militants hijacked two passenger planes and flew them into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, causing them to collapse, while a third hijacked jet smashed into the Pentagon. "We are deeply saddened by the ongoing fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral. (Photo:AP) Paris: A YouTube fact-check feature which is meant to tackle misinformation accidentally tagged live broadcasts of a fire engulfing Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris with details about the 9/11 terror attacks.A spokesman for YouTube, which is owned by Google, said the text box feature -- which is currently only available to users in the US and South Korea -- had been disabled for live streams related to the fire.The fire, which at one point threatened the entire edifice, was extinguished Tuesday around 15 hours after it first broke out.. Some 3,000 people were killed.The blaze erupted in the UNESCO world heritage landmark in the French capital Monday, sending its spire and roof crashing to the ground as flames and clouds of smoke billowed into the sky.YouTube, Facebook and Twitter came under fire last month after a horrific video of a gunman&Semi Rigid Hoses Manufacturers39;s deadly rampage at two New Zealand mosques was circulated on the sites.The fire, which at one point threatened the entire edifice, was extinguished Tuesday around 15 hours after it first broke out."The feature, which also links to other outside sources such asWikipedia, was introduced last year after YouTube faced intense criticism over videos containing misleading and extreme content."These panels are triggered algorithmically and our systems sometimes make the wrong call," the spokesman told AFP.The Christchurch massacre, in which 50 people were killed, was live-streamed on Facebook, which moved to block the footage. But it was then shared repeatedly on the other two sites.The panels are supposed to combat misleading videos about well-known events -- such as # the first successful manned landing on the moon -- by presenting well-established facts, in a bid to stop the spread of conspiracy theories.News outlets began live-streaming broadcasts of the fire onYouTube, but below some of the clips an unusual text box popped up -- an entry from the Encyclopedia Britannica about the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.