For years, researchers have suggested that algorithms feeding users content aren’t the cause of online echo chambers, but are more likely due to users actively seeking out content that aligns with ...

YouTube users have reported potentially objectionable content in thousands of videos recommended to them using the platform’s algorithm, according to the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation. The findings, ...

YouTube’s algorithm recommends “regrettable” videos that violate the platform’s own content policies, according to a new investigation by the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation. The crowd-sourced study ...

I’ve been losing a lot of time to YouTube lately. I don’t even know why. In a down moment, I just find myself heading to the homepage and watching whatever comes up (usually weird Tears of the Kingdom ...

YouTube's algorithm is recommending videos that viewers wish afterwards that they hadn't seen, according to research carried out by Mozilla. And at times, found the report, the algorithm even ...

New research from Mozilla shows that user controls have little effect on which videos YouTube’s influential AI recommends. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm drives 70% of what people watch on the ...

YouTube Shorts, the shortform platform from Google-owned video giant YouTube, has seen massive success since its launch in September 2020. Today, an estimated 1% of all waking human hours are spent ...

YouTube's recommendation algorithm shows false information and inappropriate videos to its users repeatedly, as per a study by Mozilla. BRAZIL - 2021/02/08: In this photo illustration the YouTube logo ...

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To battle false information, YouTube cut its recommendations to fringe channels and instead promoted major networks, especially Fox News. By Jack Nicas After the 2016 election, engineers at YouTube ...