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Algorithmic radicalization is the concept that recommender algorithms on popular social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook drive users toward progressively more extreme content over time, leading to them developing radicalized extremist political views. Algorithms record user interactions, from likes/dislikes to amount of time spent on ...
YouTube's content recommendation algorithm is designed to keep the user engaged as long as possible, which Roose calls the "rabbit hole effect". [5] The podcast features interviews with a variety of people involved with YouTube and the "rabbit hole effect". [6] For instance, in episode four Roose interviews Susan Wojcicki—the CEO of YouTube. [2]
Internet manipulation is the co-optation of online digital technologies, including algorithms, social bots, and automated scripts, for commercial, social, military, or political purposes. [1] Internet and social media manipulation are the prime vehicles for spreading disinformation due to the importance of digital platforms for media ...
This isn’t the first time YouTube has faced scrutiny for its algorithm. Researchers have repeatedly found that YouTube has recommended extremist and conspiracy theory videos to users.
YouTube's algorithm recommends right-wing, extremist videos to users — even if they haven't interacted with that content before. YouTube's algorithm recommends right-wing, extremist videos to ...
The report, titled "YouTube's Anorexia Algorithm," examines the first 1,000 videos that a teen girl would receive in the "Up Next" panel when watching videos about weight loss, diet or exercise ...
YouTube Automation is noted for its scalability, enabling channel owners to potentially expand their channel's reach and content output without a corresponding increase in manual labor or time commitment. The model's flexibility is further underscored by its operability from any location with internet access.
The alt-right pipeline (also called the alt-right rabbit hole) is a proposed conceptual model regarding internet radicalization toward the alt-right movement. It describes a phenomenon in which consuming provocative right-wing political content, such as antifeminist or anti-SJW ideas, gradually increases exposure to the alt-right or similar far-right politics.