Almost everything we see online is heavily curated. Algorithms decide what to show us in Google’s search results, Apple News, Twitter trends, Netflix recommendations, Facebook’s newsfeed, and even pre ...

Here's a study supported by the objective reality that many of us experience already on YouTube. The streaming video company's recommendation algorithm can sometimes send you on an hours-long video ...

We all know how easy it is to spend hours watching videos on YouTube. Why do we go down that rabbit hole? Mostly because of a combination of computer programming and marketing know-how called ...

Anna Mockel was 14 and suddenly obsessed with losing weight. It was spring 2020, and she had just graduated eighth grade remotely. Housebound and nervous about the transition to high school that ...

Impressionable young boys playing video games on YouTube are fed algorithmic recommendations featuring graphic gun violence that include everything from instructions on amping up firepower to movie ...

YouTube said Friday it was retooling its recommendation algorithm, which suggests new videos to users, to prevent the promotion of conspiracy theories and false information, reflecting a growing ...

What seems like a sensible decision to an algorithm can be a terrible misstep to a human. By Chris Stokel-Walker Mr. Stokel-Walker is the author of “YouTubers: How YouTube Shook Up TV and Created a ...