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Video site recommended videos related to weapons, shooting and murderers to accounts for boys aged nine and 14, report says
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm continues to direct young video game fans down dark paths of violent and dangerous content, a new report has found, years after critics first raised concerns about the system.
A new report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a Washington DC-based nonprofit, observed the effects of the video sharing site’s recommendation algorithms on a spread of accounts identified as those of boys aged nine and 14.
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