{"id":4031,"date":"2021-09-13T15:59:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eticasfoundation.org\/https-eticasfoundation-org-algorithms-case-youtube-content-recommendation-algorithm-promotes-political-radicalization\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T21:21:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T19:21:43","slug":"youtube-content-recommendation-algorithm-promotes-political-radicalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.eticasfoundation.org\/es\/youtube-content-recommendation-algorithm-promotes-political-radicalization\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Content Recommendation Algorithm Promotes Political Radicalization"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Content recommendation algorithms, acting as information promoters and gatekeepers online, play an increasingly important role in shaping today\u2019s society, politics, and culture. Given that YouTube is estimated to have the second most web traffic after Google and that 70% of the videos that YouTube users watch are suggested by its algorithm, it is safe to say that YouTube\u2019s recommendation system commands much of the worlds’ attention (Hao 2019).\u00a0<\/p>\n

From this position of power, the algorithm has amassed serious criticism, with critics asserting that the recommendation system leads users down rabbit holes of content and systematically exposes them towards extreme content (Roose 2019). Since YouTube\u2019s algorithm is built to engage users and keep them on the platform, it often suggests content that users have already expressed interest in. The unintended but problematic repercussion of this feedback loop is \u201cthat users consistently migrate from milder to more extreme content\u201d on the platform (Ribeiro, Ottoni, West, Almeida, Meira\u00a0 2019). In part due to its content recommendation algorithm, researcher Rebecca Lewis of Data & Society reports YouTube as the \u201csingle most important hub by which an extensive network of far-right influencers profit from broadcasting propaganda to young viewers\u201d (Lewis 2018). YouTube\u2019s algorithm, by rewarding radical content, has given political extremists fertile soil to plant their ideas. The problems facing YouTube\u2019s content recommendation system echo larger questions regarding the state of the internet and democracy: when profit-driven websites control an outsized proportion of the world\u2019s attention and information, how can democracy survive?\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Content recommendation algorithms, acting as information promoters and gatekeepers online, play an increasingly important role in shaping today\u2019s society, politics, and culture. 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