Incident #348·Misinformation

YouTube Recommendation Reportedly Pushed Election Fraud Content to Skeptics Disproportionately

November 1, 20203 reportsView on AIID

Description

YouTube's recommendation algorithm allegedly pushed 2020's US Presidential Election fraud content to users most skeptical of the election's legitimacy disproportionately compared to least skeptical users.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

youtube

Alleged Developers

youtube

Harmed Parties

youtube-users-skeptical-of-us-election-results

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(3 total)

Election Fraud, YouTube, and Public Perception of the Legitimacy of President Biden - NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics

csmapnyu.org· Sep 2022

YouTube algorithm pushed election fraud claims to Trump supporters, report says

arstechnica.com· Sep 2022