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YouTube algorithm pushed election fraud claims to Trump supporters, report says Researchers analyzed real recommendations to hundreds of YouTube users.
"If you randomly follow the algorithm, you probably would consume less radical content using YouTube as you typically do!" So says Manoel Ribeiro, co-author of a new paper on YouTube's ...
Researchers say YouTube’s algorithm downplays political topics in favor of viral entertainment to keep users watching. YouTube Shorts, the shortform platform from Google-owned video giant ...
The Download: AI-generated art and YouTube’s algorithm Plus: how YouTube's recommendation algorithm is failing its users By Rhiannon Williams September 20, 2022 ...
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm pushed more videos about election fraud to people who were already skeptical about the 2020 election’s legitimacy, according to a new study. There were a ...
How “coolhunters” helped make YouTube into an internet sensation before the algorithms took over.
YouTube is filled with treasures, but finding them can be tough. That's where the YouTube recommendation algorithm is supposed to help out, but what it serves up won't always match up with what ...
Inside YouTube’s Secret Algorithm Wars Google-owned YouTube has struggled for years with how to handle questionable videos. A new book details how the company handled, and mishandled, the ...
YouTube this week put out a new video meant to address creators’ questions over its short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts. The questions it answered ranged from how the algorithm for Shorts ...