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[Dave] Now, it was really maybe a couple years later
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The YouTube Effect

Now, it was really maybea couple years later that it came outthat there was this effort...

[Dave] Now, it was really maybe
a couple years later that it came out
that there was this effort by content producers to use
YouTube and YouTube Kids to basically
generate content that would leverage what they knew
about the algorithm so that it would be
recommended to children

Full Transcript

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[Dave] Now, it was really maybe a couple years later
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that it came out that there was this effort
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by content producers to use YouTube and YouTube Kids
00:00:12.077 --> 00:00:16.636
to basically generate content that would
00:00:16.774 --> 00:00:19.095
leverage what they knew about the algorithm
00:00:20.295 --> 00:00:22.987
so that it would be recommended to children.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:34
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
There were videos that were frightening - The YouTube Effect 00:06
There were videos that were frightening
They were hijacking Disney characters - The YouTube Effect 00:12
They were hijacking Disney characters
And all of these videos were being promoted to children. - The YouTube Effect 00:07
And all of these videos were being promoted to children.
So it was really a disturbing phenomenon and really just goes - The YouTube Effect 00:12
So it was really a disturbing phenomenon and really just goe...
It really gets into this idea - The YouTube Effect 00:15
It really gets into this idea
[Shion] I guess the biggest challenge - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[Shion] I guess the biggest challenge
You know, the regulation is still not 100% perfect. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
You know, the regulation is still not 100% perfect.
There are many things that we have to figure out - The YouTube Effect 00:07
There are many things that we have to figure out
[Dave] There was this weird thing where, like, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
[Dave] There was this weird thing where, like,
The online challenge encouraging children to kill themselves. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
The online challenge encouraging children to kill themselves...
[Dave] You know, that was something that happened after YouTube - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[Dave] You know, that was something that happened after YouT...
When we talk about the YouTube - The YouTube Effect 00:17
When we talk about the YouTube
And that's a very Silicon Valley way of approaching things. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
And that's a very Silicon Valley way of approaching thi...
And I don't think it's the right one - The YouTube Effect 00:06
And I don't think it's the right one
Even putting up a stoplight at an intersection, - The YouTube Effect 00:13
Even putting up a stoplight at an intersection,
And it's kind of like that here. I don't, - The YouTube Effect 00:13
And it's kind of like that here. I don't,
[slow music playing] - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[slow music playing]
[sirens blaring] - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[sirens blaring]
They were gunned down during Friday prayers at Al Noor Mosque - The YouTube Effect 00:07
They were gunned down during Friday prayers at Al Noor Mosqu...
[reporter 2] Police confirm the gunman was livestreaming the killings - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[reporter 2] Police confirm the gunman was livestreaming the...