YouTube amplifies Fox News as it cuts recommendations to fringe channels

Rebecca Bellan, Forbes, 04 November 2020

Last year, YouTube stopped recommending conspiracy theory videos by fringe groups that were spreading disinformation but now Fox News is being promoted to the same extent. Data collected by the University of California showed that a video of Fox News host Tucker Carlson accusing Google of undermining democracy has been recommended by YouTube's algorithm more than any other news-related video in recent weeks. The data goes further as it showed...

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