WF-7LTQ81
YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Found to Radicalise Users Towards Far-Right Content
A 2019 study audited YouTube's recommendation algorithm and found that it systematically suggests increasingly extreme content, leading users from milder right-wing channels to Alt-right and white supremacist content. The research analysed over 79 million comments and 2 million recommendations, showing a migration of users towards radicalisation. The findings support concerns that YouTube's algorithm creates a radicalisation pipeline. The study calls for greater transparency and public discussion on the role of algorithms.
- Date it happened
- 2019-05-01
- Organisation involved
- YouTube
- Product, system or model
- YouTube recommendation algorithm
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