Wikipedia:YouTube links to Wikipedia

In March 2018, YouTube announced that they would be adding links to Wikipedia underneath videos about conspiracy theories.{{cite web |title=YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracy Theories |url=https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-will-link-directly-to-wikipedia-to-fight-conspiracies/ |website=WIRED |accessdate=11 July 2018}} YouTube refers to these links as "information cues"{{cite web |title=YouTube May Add to the Burdens of Humble Wikipedia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/business/media/youtube-wikipedia.html |accessdate=11 July 2018 |language=en}} or "information panels".

The first batch of articles was announced in July 2018. These are:

• Global warming
• Dulce Base
• Lilla Saltsjöbadsavtalet
• 1980 Camarate air crash
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Kecksburg UFO incident and
• MMR vaccine.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&oldid=849831535#Update_on_YouTube_feature_linking_to_English_Wikipedia_articles WP:AN announcement] by Quiddity (WMF)

YouTube's state-funded media notices{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1=Sarah |title=To fight propaganda, YouTube will now label state-funded news broadcasts in the U.S. |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/02/to-fight-propaganda-youtube-will-now-label-state-funded-news-broadcasts-in-the-u-s/ |website=TechCrunch |publisher=Oath Tech Network |accessdate=19 July 2018 |date=2 February 2018}} also began linking to Wikipedia in July 2018 (for example, a video from CBC News or Dateline (Australian TV program) displays "CBC is a Canadian public broadcast service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation Wikipedia]" or "SBS is an Australian public broadcast service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service Wikipedia]", respectively).