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Google inadvertently directing users to extreme content
Posted
June 30, 2019
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6,689
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June 30, 2019
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3:49Now PlayingAn investigation by Sky News has found that Google is directing people towards misinformation and conspiracy theories by placing YouTube videos prominently in its search results.
A creator of YouTube's search engine told Sky News it is a radicalisation engine that 'pushes people down rabbit holes'.
YouTube strongly denies such claims and told Sky News it no longer uses watch time as a metric and that it is not in its ethical or financial interest to recommend harmful content.
Sky's Technology Correspondent Rowland Manthorpe investigates.
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