YouTube has officially defended its video recommendation algorithms, amid suggestions that the technology serves up increasingly extreme videos.

A BBC report on Thursday, explored how YouTube had helped the Flat Earth conspiracy theory spread.

Ben McOwen Wilson, the company’s new managing director for the UK, said YouTube “does the opposite of taking you down the rabbit hole”.

He told the BBC that YouTube worked to dispel misinformation and conspiracies.

But warned that some types of government regulation could start to look like censorship.

YouTube, as well as other internet giants such as Facebook and Twitter, have some big decisions to make. All must decide where they draw the line between freedom of expression, hateful content and misinformation.

And the government is watching. It has published a White Paper laying out its plans to regulate online platforms.

In his first interview since starting his new role, Mr McOwen Wilson spoke about the company’s algorithms, its approach to hate speech and what it expects from the UK government’s “online harms” legislation.

YouTube uses algorithms to recommend more videos for you to watch. These video suggestions appear in the app, down the side of the website and also show up when you get to the end of a video.

But YouTube has never explained exactly how its algorithms work. Critics say the platform offers up increasingly sensationalist and conspiratorial videos. But, Mr McOwen Wilson disagrees.

He says; “It’s what’s great about YouTube. It is what brings you from one small area and actually expands your horizon and does the opposite of taking you down the rabbit hole.”

Read More At; http://www.techplace24.com/2019/07/20/youtube-defend-its-video-recommendation-algorithms/

No algorithm can work so perfectly, research on such areas and AI will continue till the end of time.
That's why Google reverse image search is 80% correct, can never be 100%.
Same reason social media found it hard taking down the new Zealand shooting vid because it looked like a POV shooting game.

FTC

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Number 1 data consuming app...Una well done.

wetin concern me, Abeg hit Likes for NwaAmaikpe

About to make my first FTC. I will never give up

If you don't like something live it and stop spoiling other people business
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Their problem

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I've been getting unexpected recommendations but, It's my choice to view them

Cool

All I get is cat videos

Algorithms and suggestions by AIs are not even 90% effective and efficient.

Rugans won't understand dis one

bootygangpastor:
FTC

The bet naija guy first you.

They should better do something to those irrelevant notifications abi na crime to view YouTube again

donprinyo:
Rugans won't understand dis one

Generally Rugarians are dumb.

Anything algorithms sounds like complex mathematics

JewTube is owned by Jewgle and is funded by same jew rats who floated jewbook

nwaobitex:
All I get is cat videos

I swear and also other pets

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Social media the easiest way to control the mind of teens

Nawao

The algorithm is being manipulated in favour of main stream media especially regarding political searches as the US elections approaches

I WANTED TO LEARN CHINESE LANGUAGE SO I ASKED GOOGLE IT SHOW BEGINNINGER STAGESAND LINK OF TO YOUTUBE VIDEOS. IT LIKE YOUTUBE WAS JUST RECOMMENDING DIFFERENT VIDEO TUTORIALS FROM NURSERY CLASSES TO ADVANCE CLASSES. THESEVIDEO WAS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE

Censorship. The governments want to keep a tab on the info people consume.
This is good news to despots like Buhari.

I like YouTube algorithm.

Sometimes it recommends random videos I end up enjoying. . . .other times it's videos from 2008 that make no sense but has millions of views because it's in everyone's "recommended"