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In 2022, a study by researchers at New York University found that after the last presidential election, YouTube recommended videos that pushed voter fraud claims to Donald Trump supporters.
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.
YouTube has faced criticism over aspects of its operations, [217] its recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories and falsehoods, [218] hosting videos ostensibly targeting children but containing violent or sexually suggestive content involving popular characters, [219] videos of minors attracting pedophilic ...
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.
YouTube's algorithm recommends right-wing, extremist videos to users — even if they haven't interacted with that content before. YouTube's algorithm pushes right-wing, explicit videos regardless ...
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]
YouTube’s algorithm is recommending videos about disordered eating and weight loss to some young teens, a new study says. YouTube, the social media platform most used by teens, promises to ...
In April 2024, a deepfake video misrepresenting Philippine President Bongbong Marcos was released. It is a slideshow accompanied by a deepfake audio of Marcos purportedly ordering the Armed Forces of the Philippines and special task force to act "however appropriate" should China attack the Philippines.