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The YouTube Effect

The thing about the algorithm is what they're recommendingis a harm

[dramatic music] The thing about the algorithm is what they're recommending
is a harm

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The thing about the algorithm is
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what they're recommending is a harm.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:52
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.
Their lust for hijacking people's attention - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Their lust for hijacking people's attention
The other issue of them publishing content - The YouTube Effect 00:09
The other issue of them publishing content
A gunman opened fire during a live TV news interview. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
A gunman opened fire during a live TV news interview.
A reporter and photographer with our CBS affiliate WDBJ - The YouTube Effect 00:08
A reporter and photographer with our CBS affiliate WDBJ
[male reporter] Andy Parker couldn't get video - The YouTube Effect 00:09
[male reporter] Andy Parker couldn't get video
[soft tense music] - The YouTube Effect 00:17
[soft tense music]
There must have been 25 to 50 pages of, you know, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
There must have been 25 to 50 pages of, you know,
And in the titles of it, a lot of it was, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
And in the titles of it, a lot of it was,
It's not like you can just call up Google customer service and go, - The YouTube Effect 00:15
It's not like you can just call up Google customer serv...
We also have thousands of people who help us with the enforcement. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
We also have thousands of people who help us with the enforc...
We have machines that remove, you know, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
We have machines that remove, you know,
So we have a huge initiative across the board - The YouTube Effect 00:15
So we have a huge initiative across the board
If you need me to work on the op papers, - The YouTube Effect 00:08
If you need me to work on the op papers,
You've got this like, - The YouTube Effect 00:19
You've got this like,
And even though our terms of service says that we ban - The YouTube Effect 00:13
And even though our terms of service says that we ban
Like, you can't make us do anything." - The YouTube Effect 00:15
Like, you can't make us do anything."
And so, I think if we were known for that, - The YouTube Effect 00:06
And so, I think if we were known for that,
[Larry] When Google, the two founders said, - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[Larry] When Google, the two founders said,
But now they are the personification of evil, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
But now they are the personification of evil,
You can flag this stuff, and then - The YouTube Effect 00:07
You can flag this stuff, and then