WF-GE8922
YouTube Recommendations Allegedly Promoted Radicalizing Material Contributing to Terrorist Acts
Family of Nohemi Gonzalez alleged YouTube recommendation systems led people to propaganda videos for the Islamic State which subsequently radicalized them to carry out the killing of 130 people in the 2015 Paris terrorist attack, including Ms. Gonzalez.
- Date it happened
- 2015-11-13
- Organisation involved
- YouTube
- Product, system or model
- Youtube's content recommender algorithm promotes content that users have shown interest in in the past. Someone who shows some interest in terrorist recruitment videos will be shown more recruitment v
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