Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ...
by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @08:37AM
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No, it's not. It's like saying smoking is good for you because there's this one 120 year old smoker.
COVID misinformation is being tackled with specific manual attention because the algorithm was prioritizing it, and because it's receiving fairly unique amounts of attention.
Google's (and Facebook's and Twitter's) hands were forced here. They'd much rather be leaving it alone like they do with other conspiracy theories.
COVID misinformation is being tackled with specific manual attention because the algorithm was prioritizing it, and because it's receiving fairly unique amounts of attention.
Google's (and Facebook's and Twitter's) hands were forced here. They'd much rather be leaving it alone like they do with other conspiracy theories.