The earth is actually flat! 9/11 was an inside job! YouTube was once rife with conspiracy theories like these — and its own recommendation algorithm was the culprit. While the company has made serious ...

Techno-utopianism, an ideology based on the premise that advances in science and technology will eventually bring about a utopia, has been a part of Silicon Valley’s DNA since the hippies from the LSD ...

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YouTube has had a problem for some time with conspiracy theories and other misinformation being spread over its platform. Even the platform’s supposedly child ...

The YouTube algorithm is responsible for many a video-viewing rabbit hole—one that critics have pointed to as an effective digital megaphone for spreading wonky conspiracy theories. In January 2019, ...