Violent videos and misinformation are amplified by YouTube's algorithm, despite the company's rules meant to limit their spread, according to a Mozilla Foundation report published July 7. The ...

In 2017, algorithms are quietly shaping our day-to-day lives. Google advertises to us based on our search history and assumptions they make about what they think we want to buy. Streaming services ...

More than 20 per cent of the videos that the YouTube algorithm shows to new users are ‘AI-slops’, referring to low-quality AI ...

YouTube’s ‘dislike’ button is not an effective way to stop the video website from recommending content, researchers have suggested. A report from the Mozilla Foundation described how analysis of over ...

Analysts working with top YouTube channels report Shorts older than 30 days receive fewer views. YouTube hasn't confirmed any algorithm change. Retention analysts say Shorts older than 28-30 days are ...

If Nielsen stats are to be believed, we collectively spend more time in front of YouTube than any other streaming service—including Disney+ and Netflix. That's a lot of watch hours, especially for an ...

An easy way to do this is to go to Settings & privacy > Content preferences, and then open the “Unfollow people and groups” ...

There's a secret side of YouTube, just beyond the guiding hand of the algorithm – and it’s nothing like what you know. The vast majority of YouTube's estimated 14.8 billion videos have almost never ...

Adam Mosseri, Instagram's head, reveals the platform's algorithm is designed to give all content a fair chance to perform, irrespective of the creator's popularity.