YouTube’s algorithm recommends videos that violate its own policies

By Chris Stokel-Walker The algorithm YouTube uses recommends videos that don’t follow the company’s guidelines Marvin Tolentino/Alamy YouTube’s algorithm recommends videos that violate the company’s own policies on inappropriate content, according to a crowdsourced study. Not-for-profit company Mozilla asked users of its Firefox web browser to install a browser extension called RegretsReporter, which tracked the … Read more