Investigation finds that YouTube is promoting anti-vaccine misinformation in search results and recommendations
BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @passantino , @mat , @ceodonovan , and @ceodonovan See also Mediagazer Tweets: Jon Passantino / @passantino : A search of YouTube for “should i vaccinate my kids” and “are vaccines safe,” resulted in follow-up recommendations for anti-vaccination content *100% of the time* http://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @ceodonovan Mat Honan / @mat : Pretty concerning story from @ceodonovan YouTube Is Still Recommending Medical Misinformation, Despite Lawmakers' Concerns http://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Caroline O'Donovan / @ceodonovan : After Facebook said it's working to stop recommendations of anti-vax content to users, @_loganmcdonald and I decided to use our YouTube viewer tool to see if YouTube's algo is still recommending anti-vax stuff. It is. http://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Caroline O'Donovan / @ceodonovan : While the top YouTube search results for queries like “are vaccines safe” is typically an authoritative one, like a hospital, in many instances the algo started rec'ing anti-vax content from Stop Mandatory Vaccination or VAXXED TV within one or two clicks http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer