Re:YouTube Has Been 'Actively Promoting' Videos Spreading Cl...
by bsaul on Sunday January 19, 2020 @04:40AM
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« the freedom users have to see recommended videos that are promoted honestly based on their interests without undue political influence by YouTube or other »
Note that this has never happened in the history of media. Every bit of information, in every media, is « controlled » by at least a publisher, who has a personal background, ethic, political point of view, economical interests, etc.
Only with the age of internet , where search engines are powerful enough to index every content published by people, can we truely have some hope to get a « neutral » algorithm in the sense that it isn’t biased by someone’s personal opinion.
I feel this is something that should be preserved at all cost.
Note that this has never happened in the history of media. Every bit of information, in every media, is « controlled » by at least a publisher, who has a personal background, ethic, political point of view, economical interests, etc.
Only with the age of internet , where search engines are powerful enough to index every content published by people, can we truely have some hope to get a « neutral » algorithm in the sense that it isn’t biased by someone’s personal opinion.
I feel this is something that should be preserved at all cost.