MIT Tech Review: "YouTube is a pipeline for extremism and hate"

[Dennis Donovan]

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MIT Technology Review ✔@techreview

A new study suggests what we’ve suspected for years is right: YouTube is a pipeline for extremism and hate.

http://bit.ly/2tEuksP
YouTube's algorithm seems to be funneling people to alt-right videos
A new study suggests what we’ve suspected for years is right: YouTube is a pipeline for extremism and hate. How do we know that?

9:36 AM - Feb 8, 2020

Interesting read, if not exactly breaking news.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. It truly is.

As a rail fan I enjoy live streams from various sites around the world. Since 2018 my favorite Que has been loading this Nazi and Murdoch Media crap. Not only U Tube but Google allows the same crap to infiltrate other news sites.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I started seeing D'Souza crap in my Recommended feed and actually CALLED YouTube

...sat on hold for about 5 mins, but a live person took my complaint. The next day, the same shitty video showed up again in my Recommended feed.

The moral to the story? YouTube gives no shits about you.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Seems the first tag is NRA

and if you don't flag it,then the Murdoch Algo goes nuts.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Interesting. I use YouTube to listen to music/watch music videos, watch liberal news

clips (since I don't get any cable news channels), watch comedy videos, travel videos, sleep/meditation etc. I never see right-wing extremist videos, but that is probably because I only subscribe to the channels I am interested in.