He had talked about the change in YouTube's algorithm for a while now, and I kind of just assumed it was a half truth. Sure, they don't want to spread alternative points of view, but YouTube wasn't out right altering their recommendations either.
Then, I recently stayed home with my sick toddler and started to watch his videos on the computer instead of catching them on my phone while at work. Every recommended video was from either CNN or FOX news. In the past, YouTube would recommend other alternative news channels, that I would usually ignore. But I never saw one from the major news providers.
This kind of soft censorship is becoming more true everyday.
He had talked about the change in YouTube's algorithm for a while now, and I kind of just assumed it was a half truth. Sure, they don't want to spread alternative points of view, but YouTube wasn't out right altering their recommendations either.
Then, I recently stayed home with my sick toddler and started to watch his videos on the computer instead of catching them on my phone while at work. Every recommended video was from either CNN or FOX news. In the past, YouTube would recommend other alternative news channels, that I would usually ignore. But I never saw one from the major news providers.
This kind of soft censorship is becoming more true everyday.
He had talked about the change in YouTube's algorithm for a while now, and I kind of just assumed it was a half truth. Sure, they don't want to spread alternative points of view, but YouTube wasn't out right altering their recommendations either.
Then, I recently stayed home with my sick toddler and started to watch his videos on the computer instead of catching them on my phone while at work. Every recommended video was from either CNN or FOX news. In the past, YouTube would recommend other alternative news channels, that I would usually ignore. But I never saw one from the major news providers.
This kind of soft censorship is becoming more true everyday.