Max Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

We expected, at most, faint hints that YouTube helped inch far-right Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency. Instead, Bolsonaro allies and far-right lawmakers all told us YT put them in power. Far-right activists gratefully credited YT's algorithm with their "political awakening." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2019

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Now live: Our monthslong project on YouTube radicalization. As YouTube diverts more and more users down far-right rabbitholes, could its algorithm, in a way, radicalize an entire society? To find out, we went to YouTube's 2nd-largest market: Brazil. https://t.co/0jFXQBPBN8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2019

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But the most shocking things we found went beyond politics. Everywhere we looked—and we looked so many places— YouTubers were leveraging the algorithm to sow misinfo and outrage. Schools in chaos, activist groups shuttered by threats, a lot of fear. Always began w a viral video. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 12, 2019