Wired

If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It

We've all seen it happen: Watch one video on YouTube and your recommendations shift, as if Google's algorithms think the video's subject is your life's passion. Suddenly, all the recommended ...
Ars Technica

If YouTube’s algorithms radicalize people, it’s hard to tell from the data

We’ve all seen it happen: Watch one video on YouTube and your recommendations shift, as if Google’s algorithms think the video’s subject is your life’s passion. Suddenly, all the recommended ...
The Conversation

Don’t just blame YouTube’s algorithms for ‘radicalisation’. Humans also play a part

This is the second article in a series looking at the attention economy and how online content gets in front of your eyeballs. Read part 1 here. YouTube’s video recommendation system, in particular, ...
The National Interest

Human Error: Why YouTube’s Algorithms for ‘Radicalization’ Work

Almost everything we see online is heavily curated. Algorithms decide what to show us in Google’s search results, Apple News, Twitter trends, Netflix recommendations, Facebook’s newsfeed, and even pre ...
The Conversation

YouTube’s algorithms might radicalise people – but the real problem is we’ve no idea how they work

Does YouTube create extremists? A recent study caused arguments among scientists by arguing that the algorithms that power the site don’t help radicalise people by recommending ever more extreme ...
TechRepublic

4 ideas for understanding and managing the power of algorithms on social media

4 ideas for understanding and managing the power of algorithms on social media Your email has been sent What if tech companies had to release data about how algorithms work and software engineers had ...