1/ Eric Schmidt says YouTube’s algos need rewriting to make extremist content “harder to find” to solve brand safetyhttp://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/297739/att-verizon-pull-ads-alphabets-schmidt-concede.html …
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Rich Felker Retweeted David Carroll 🦅
They need to just delete it and ban the users who are posting it from their platforms.https://twitter.com/profcarroll/status/844976922878754816 …
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Replying to @RichFelker @profcarroll
But they _will not_ delete extremist content - and I understand their reasoning, even if I don't agree with it.
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Replying to @laurentbercot @profcarroll
Well then what's happening now, the economic pressure from advertisers, needs to keep up until they do.
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Ppl who want to post neo-nazi propaganda vids can pay for their own servers/bw to serve it. YT doesn't have to.
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Replying to @RichFelker @laurentbercot
Extremists earn $7 per 1000 views so complex attention economics here, audiences priced-in bc they're valuable.
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Replying to @profcarroll @laurentbercot
But no brands would want to advertise on their private sites.
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The only reasons brands advertise on their vids on YT is that it's hard/impossible to opt-out per-channel.
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