Incident #305·Misinformation

YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm Allegedly Promoted Climate Misinformation Content

February 1, 20192 reportsView on AIID

Description

YouTube’s recommendation system and its focus on views and watched time were alleged by an advocacy group to have driven people towards climate denial and misinformation videos.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

youtube

Alleged Developers

youtube

Harmed Parties

youtube-users
youtube-climate-skeptic-users

Classification

Risk Domain

Misinformation

Risk Subdomain

3.1. False or misleading information

MIT Risk Profile

AIUnintentionalPost-deployment

Source

Databaseaiid

LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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Source Reports(2 total)

YouTube faces criticism over climate misinformation

axios.com· Jan 2020

Why is YouTube Broadcasting Climate Misinformation to Millions?

secure.avaaz.org· Jan 2020