Youtube Features Captions About 9/11 Attack During Paris Fire Broadcast

A YouTube fact-check feature mistakenly tagged live broadcasts of the fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, featuring details about the 9/11 terror attacks.

As live-streaming broadcast videos filled YouTube, captions from the Encyclopedia Britannica about the September 11, 2001 attack in the United States were posted beneath it.

"These panels are triggered algorithmically and our systems sometimes make the wrong call. We are deeply saddened by the ongoing fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral,” YouTube spokesman told AFP, noting that the text box feature had been disabled for live streams related to the fire.