Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

What an amazing illustration of how institutions that purportedly oppose misogyny and sexual harassment will happily excuse and therefore abet those things when they see even the slightest, most nominal gain in it for themselves. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @JFKucinich: Glad everyone here felt cool sitting down with someone who repeatedly harassed young, female journalists. Well done, all.… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @amandataub: @Max_Fisher But the thing that made the biggest impression wasn’t the powerful men who have taken advantage of YouTube and… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@alexstamos @sivavaid @WillOremus @themistocles_w @issielapowsky @d1gi @zeynep @profcarroll @samuelwoolley… https://t.co/nWmIrmr36F — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @amandataub: Lee aquí nuestro artículo “Cómo YouTube radicalizó Brasil” en español: https://t.co/ZJqS14dcNW — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @JonasKaiser: @tmccormick @Max_Fisher @ufmg @BKCHarvard @virgilioalmeida Hi Tim, I can only speak for our research but there's nothing p… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This one was wild to report. A little self-contained mystery about how social media spreads chaos and confusion, but not always in the ways we think — and a big lesson about dangers from WhatsApp How YouTube Misinformation Resolved a Brazilian Mystery https://t.co/NoyUe45Wly — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

How YouTube Misinformation Resolved a WhatsApp Mystery in Brazil https://t.co/NoyUe45Wly — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Is there any prior US ally that has so explicitly built its alliance on ties with one — and only one — political party, and that has so actively engaged with US partisan politics in service of that relationship? I can't think of any that come even close. Absolutely stunning. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Our Reddit AMA on YouTube promoting extremism and conspiracies is getting spicy — Mein Kampf, volleyball, and research methodology have all come up! https://t.co/Qv0MX9pzk4 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Our Reddit AMA starting shortly https://t.co/Qv0MX9pzk4 https://t.co/9fN0jwlA5f — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Wooooooooo — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @RosalindZAdams: Protesters have set up a projector and are screening a Vox explainer video about the extradition bill while travelers c… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

🚨🇧🇷 Acesse a versão em Português da nossa matéria sobre o impacto chocante do YouTube na saúde pública e na vida política dos Brasileiros: https://t.co/ykaC4Jf0F1 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @diaahadid: This reporting by @Max_Fisher & @amandataub “If social media didn’t exist, I wouldn’t be here,” he said. “Jair Bolsonaro w… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@ufmg @BKCHarvard @virgilioalmeida @readercenter @TheWeekly Best way to reach me is firstname.lastname at nytimes dotcom. I'm liable to miss your tweets. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@ufmg @BKCHarvard @virgilioalmeida @readercenter @TheWeekly Any journalists or researchers interested in digging in to this further, please get in touch! Happy to share our findings, sources, etc. Our story covers maybe 5% of what we found, and I suspect even that barely scratches the surface. The more of us looking into this the better. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@ufmg @BKCHarvard @virgilioalmeida @readercenter Please watch @TheWeekly episode on FX / Hulu on this story. I love the written word but was blown away by the power of film, and of feeling like you're meeting some of the incredible people we met while reporting this. Please do watch: https://t.co/sbH2pD4q92 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@ufmg @BKCHarvard @virgilioalmeida We've spent two years reporting on the causes and consequences of online radicalization. Nothing disturbed me as much as this story, because it shows that we are all deeply vulnerable. Here's our @readercenter on how this fits into our other reporting: https://t.co/HG6EfmPKiT — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@ufmg @BKCHarvard @virgilioalmeida It’s not about any political agenda at YouTube. Incremental extremism — the rabbit hole — is just what works. But it goes beyond indulging preexisting impulses. It trains users to have them. Much like the child sexualization ring we found during reporting: https://t.co/G7gO1CC7Ss — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@ufmg @BKCHarvard @virgilioalmeida The @BKCHarvard study found YouTube's algorithm over & over redirecting users toward far-right and conspiracy videos. Crucially, the algo is linking the channels together, creating an ecosystem where none had existed. Its pathways just happen to be ideal radicalization vectors. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@ufmg @BKCHarvard The @ufmg @virgilioalmeida study found that, just as YouTube installed its new algorithm, pro-Bolsonaro channels saw their reach explode. And ***comments sitewide*** suddenly shifted in favor of Bolsonaro + Bolsonaro-promoted conspiracies. The platform was shaping user sentiment. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Our story also reveals two new studies on how YouTube shapes your reality, both exclusive, from @ufmg + @BKCHarvard They independently confirm what many suspected: YouTube has been systematically diverting its millions of Br users toward far-right bloggers + conspiracy theories. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

YouTube's algorithm leveraged the Zika crisis to enormous gain, hooking in users desperate to understand the disease crippling their infant children. In Zika-afflicted areas, we found parent after parent virtually addicted to the platform — and served dangerous misinformation. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This blew my mind: YouTube (and Google) divert users who search basic health terms to conspiracy videos that told them to fear vaccines & their doctors Experts and fomer govt officials told us that "Dr. YouTube" is driving MULTIPLE public health crises, including Zika resurgence — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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

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

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @MazMHussain: This is a stunning article. We truly live in clown world and the clowns are winning: https://t.co/0y31UHbgx9 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

More on this very soon... — PolitiTweet.org