YouTube's Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warn

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August 27, 2021

Public Health YouTube's Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warn Search results may include a special section with videos from sources that are deemed reliable By Grant Currin

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FROM THE ARCHIVE YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Has a Dark Side It leads users down rabbit holes By Zeynep Tufekci | April 2019

QUOTE OF THE DAY "I'm just not sure that people are tuning in to YouTube to see more scientists or people who have been determined to be credible or authoritative." Corey Basch, public health researcher at William Paterson University

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