YouTube, the Great Radicalizer – The New York Times
It seems as if you are never “hard core” enough for YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. It promotes, recommends and disseminates videos in a manner that appears to constantly up the stakes. Given its billion or so users, YouTube may be one of the most powerful radicalizing instruments of the 21st century.
(tags: youtube culture politics radicalization crazy machine-learning google zeynep-tufekci)