How YouTube radicalised Brazil | World News, The Indian Express

How YouTube radicalised Brazil | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Brazil |Published: August 13, 2019 10:45:55 am

How YouTube radicalised Brazil

New research has found they may be correct. YouTube’s search and recommendation system appears to have systematically diverted users to far-right and conspiracy channels in Brazil.

Reflected in devices, Matheus Dominguez, who said YouTube was crucial to shifting his political views to the far right, recording a YouTube video in Niterói, Brazil, April 29, 2019. (The New York Times: Dado Galdieri)

Written by Max Fisher and Amanda Taub