For over 20 years, my organization has been involved with both researching and collaborating with technology companies, social media platforms and government agencies to understand, map and predict ...

"If you randomly follow the algorithm, you probably would consume less radical content using YouTube as you typically do!" So says Manoel Ribeiro, co-author of a new paper on YouTube's recommendation ...

A team of researchers at universities in the U.S., Switzerland, and Brazil found that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is likely to share racist right-wing channels. The work is detailed in ...

A new study conducted by the Computational Social Science Lab (CSSLab) at the University of Pennsylvania sheds light on a pressing question: Does YouTube's algorithm radicalize young Americans?

"Over years of reporting on internet culture, I've heard countless versions of [this] story: an aimless young man—usually white, frequently interested in video games—visits YouTube looking for ...

Social media platforms have transformed how individuals engage in political and ideological discourse. They offer unprecedented reach for both mainstream and fringe actors, enabling rapid ...

There's no two ways about it — America is in a bit of a crisis when it comes to online disinformation, propaganda, and the radicalization of young people, especially males. And generative AI tools are ...