Ahead of the midterm elections, disinformation watchdogs say they are concerned an aggressive attempt is underway alphabet inc WELL Google YouTube to combat misinformation on Google’s own platform has developed blind spots.

They were mainly concerned about YouTube’s TikTok-like service, which offers succinct and Spanish-language videos from the platform. It reaches over two billion people and is home to the second most popular search engine on the web.

But the situation is difficult to understand clearly, more than a dozen researchers said job interviews with the New York Times because they have limited access to data and because examining videos is a time-consuming job.

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“It’s easier to research with other forms of content,” like text on Facebook or Twitter, said Jiore Craig, director of digital integrity at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, or ISD, a nonprofit organization that fights extremism and disinformation. “It puts YouTube in a position where they can get away with it more easily.”

YouTube banned videos alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election, but it didn’t implement a comparable policy for the midterms, prompting criticism from some watchdogs.

YouTube said it had removed several videos the NYT had reported violating its spam and election integrity policies.

YouTube tightened its stance against political disinformation after the 2020 presidential election.

YouTube pledged $15 million to hire more than 100 additional content moderators to help with Brazil’s midterm and presidential elections. The company has more than 10,000 moderators stationed worldwide.

YouTube has refined its recommendation algorithm so that the platform does not suggest political videos from unverified sources.

YouTube has also set up an election war room with dozens of officials and is preparing to quickly remove videos and live streams that…