Wednesday, June 19, 2024

YouTube’s algorithm recommends users right-wing and religious content, research finds

"These results suggest that right-leaning news content is more frequently recommended than left-leaning," the study said. Both accounts were also recommended videos by an anti-vaccine influencer… 

Videos with religious themes — primarily Christianity — were also recommended to all the accounts, even though none of them had watched religious content during the persona-building stage. The accounts interested in mommy vloggers, for example, were shown videos with Bible verses. 

The researchers also found that YouTube recommended videos including sexually explicit content to the child account and videos featuring influencer Andrew Tate, who has been charged with human trafficking and rape (allegations that he has denied) in Romania, even though he is banned from the platform…

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