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YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm Allegedly Promoted Climate Misinformation Content
YouTube’s recommendation system and its focus on views and watched time were alleged by an advocacy group to have driven people towards climate denial and misinformation videos.
- Date it happened
- 2019-02-01
- Organisation involved
- YouTube
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