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I think it's worth pointing out that Facebook isn't the only platform, though I don't think every article needs to cover all social media equally. This article
by ggggtez 6y ago
I think it's worth pointing out that Facebook isn't the only platform, though I don't think every article needs to cover all social media equally. This article does a deeper dive on one particular company's issues (and the company that's widely acknowledged to have known about the issue the longest, and done the least to fix it).
There are other articles that tackle this topic for YouTube [1]. But as far as I know, we're still waiting on any expose that shows that YouTube had done extensive research into the issue and opted to do nothing to continue growth. That dubious honor seems to be reserved for Facebook at least for now.
[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/02/12/youtube-channel-recommendation-white-supremacist-extremist-videos/6712787002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/02/12/youtube-chann...
> [In 2017,] YouTube limited recommendations on those videos and disabled features such as commenting and sharing. But it didn’t remove them. The company said the crackdown reduced views of supremacist videos by 80%.