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>>furcyd+(OP)
"If YouTube won’t remove the algorithm, it must, at the very least, make significant changes, and have greater human involvement in the recommendation process.", man does this person know how many videos and how many users YouTube has? They cannot use anything except an algorithm to recommend videos. They cannot use anything except an algorithm to detect videos inappropriate for children. It seems YouTube is working on this, and this opinion seems like a ill thought out fluff piece to enrage readers and sell this persons book.

>>strike+jh
> They cannot use anything except an algorithm to recommend videos.

I agree that with the current business model it is not possible for YouTube to sort it manually.

When I was a kid, a long long time ago, it would have been impossible to conceive that a TV channel showed that kind of content regularly and continue open. If their answer would have been that they cannot fix it because it costs money there would have been an outraged response.

If YouTube cannot keep things legal, cannot respect people rights, cannot be a good responsible part of society because it is not cost effective for me the way to go is clear. And that is true for YouTube, Facebook or any other business digital or not.

>>kartan+Oy
How about actually demonstrating harm to children (or to anyone else) before launching a moral panic?

Is that an option?

>>Camper+h41
I’d say having a 13 year old far right YouTube star post a video threatening to kill the CEO might be harmful, but maybe that’s ok?

https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2019/...

>>shears+Y61
Do you seriously think that kid was radicalized on YouTube? Where were the parents?

>>Camper+471
2018: “I’ll pick a topic and just give my opinion about it try to be entertaining, try to be funny, try to be unique and say something other people haven’t said before,” youtuber said.

https://redwoodbark.org/46876/culture/redwood-students-view-...

2019:

In response, the principal of the high school sent a note to students and parents Thursday night regarding the "hate-based video and text posts attributed to one of our students":

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/bay-area-girl-says-she-l...