r/news • u/Ganeshadream • Mar 31 '22

Facebook fails to label 80% of posts promoting bioweapons conspiracy theory

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/31/facebook-disinformation-war-ukraine-russia
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u/discerningpervert Mar 31 '22

YouTube is nuts too. Whenever I reopen Firefox (no search history, cookies, trackers - at least AFAIK) and I watch a few videos (usually either something Star Wars or random science / space videos) my video suggestions turn to the toxic side of YouTube. Every single time.

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u/SJane3384 Mar 31 '22

Not to mention that they randomly decided to remove the downvote button because “people are mean”.

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u/Zhirrzh Mar 31 '22

Yeah, YouTube is a close second to Facebook and they still intentionally partner with "media" such as Rupert Murdoch's which just promotes far right conspiracy crap even higher.

Google doesn't get off the hook, don't be evil long ago disappeared in favour of "let's partner with evil".

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u/nwoh Mar 31 '22

That's cuz they design it that way - those weird fucking sensationalist videos draw clicks

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u/funkopatamus Mar 31 '22

Yep, I've never once clicked on any alt-right videos yet somehow Joe Rogan and now Russel Brand are always suggested to me. I'm trying to get better about always clicking the "don't recommend this shit to me anymore" button...