First major studies document YouTube’s algorithm directing users toward increasingly extreme content. Research reveals recommendation systems prioritizing engagement over healthy discourse, establishing algorithmic radicalization as key concern in digital politics.
YouTube radicalization research emerges
EventAcademic researchers begin documenting how YouTube's recommendation algorithm creates pathways from mainstream to extreme political content.
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2018
YouTube radicalization research emerges
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