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Old 09-18-2020, 07:31 AM
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Now YouTube might be wakening....

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"YouTube's video recommendation system has been repeatedly accused by critics of sending people down rabbit holes of disinformation and extremism. Now Mozilla, the nonprofit that makes the Firefox web browser, wants YouTube's users to help it research how the platform's controversial algorithms work.

Mozilla on Thursday announced a project that asks people to download a software tool that gives Mozilla's researchers information on what video recommendations people are receiving on the Google-owned service. "

YouTube's recommendation system is criticized as harmful. Mozilla wants to research it - CNET