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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

      Congratulations to all executives software developers at @YouTube. Your recommender algorithm has figured out how to algorithmically curate sexualized videos of children and to progressively recommend them people who watched other erotic content. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/world/americas/youtube-pedophiles.html …pic.twitter.com/5oY9ol4Kau

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

      "Best minds of our generation" have developed machine learning algorithms that connect pedophiles and amplify white-supremacists, misogynists and anti-vaxxers. Piece says YouTube wouldn't turn off recs because the company said "recommendations are the biggest traffic driver."pic.twitter.com/mrCnkTaHjA

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          Something like that, probably. https://twitter.com/MichaelCarusi/status/1135545488197988352 …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          Congratulations to all executives software developers at @YouTube. Your recommender algorithm has figured out how to algorithmically curate sexualized videos of children and to progressively recommend them TO people who watched other erotic content. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/world/americas/youtube-pedophiles.html …pic.twitter.com/2tr29zTKCx

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          * I sent the above tweet again with typo corrected because it's 2019. Naturally, we have ML algorithms for curating and recommending child porn in one of world's biggest platform but no edit button for typos in tweets.

          2 replies 28 retweets 265 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          There is not a single surprising sentence in that piece. The system is working as designed, and people have pointed out all these dangers to YouTube for years now. (And why didn't they think of this themselves? Too busy discussing vesting dates? Too many zeroes in bank accounts?)

          4 replies 51 retweets 251 likes
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Scientific American

          Here’s my just out piece in @Sciam on YouTube’s recommendation algorithms. Chromebooks are about 50 percent of the K-12 market and they come with YouTube.https://twitter.com/sciam/status/1135551809265766401 …

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          Scientific AmericanVerified account @sciam
          Opinion: YouTube's algorithms will push whatever they deem engaging, and it appears they have figured out that wild claims, as well as hate speech and outrage peddling, can be particularly so. (By @zeynep) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/youtubes-recommendation-algorithm-has-a-dark-side/ …
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          YouTube's CEO is a woman, @SusanWojcicki. The person who set up the ad-financed business model for Facebook is a woman, @SherylSandberg. Advocating for diversity is a good thing for many reasons but will not solve these problems. https://twitter.com/milkteawitch/status/1135555724443041792 …

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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Sahil Lavingia

          *make sure your work isn't going into algorithmically curating videos of children in a sexualized manner to recommend them to pedophiles.https://twitter.com/shl/status/1135555853614866432 …

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          Sahil LavingiaVerified account @shl
          When people ask if they should stay where they are, I tell them: Make sure you're having fun. Make sure you're learning. Make sure you're being paid fairly.
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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Jun 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Elettra Bietti

          Yes. Much of this crucial work comes the academy and journalism—two financially-strapped institutions. Big tech, which is swimming in money, instead invests in AI research that seems to produce better and better algorithms serving the pedophile community.https://twitter.com/Elibietti/status/1135564827844272128 …

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          Elettra Bietti @Elibietti
          Thumbs up to @JonasKaiser @yaso for their hard work on this! https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1135544393002147841 …
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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2019

          Thanks to work by @JonasKaiser and @yaso (and their team), @YouTube announced some changes to its recommendations. It’s a shame that, again and again, these essential issues only get somewhat addressed only after independent researchers expose them, and an outcry happens.pic.twitter.com/LJUhEVnqSD

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        2. Anjana Susarla‏ @asusarla 3 Jun 2019
          Replying to @zeynep

          @YouTube is actually a repository of a wealth of user-generated content, ranging from healthcare to education as I have studied in my own work! Unfortunately their monetization depends entirely on attention, i.e., keeping viewers down the rabbit hole

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        3. Joy‏ @serenitynowokay 4 Jun 2019
          Replying to @asusarla @zeynep @YouTube

          Are you saying it’s worth it?

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