How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News: Exploring the Impacts of Social Media, Deepfakes, GPT-3, and More

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N. GiansiracusaHow Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake Newshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7155-1_4

4. Autoplay the Autocrats

The Algorithm and Politics of YouTube Recommendations

Noah Giansiracusa¹  

(1)

Acton, MA, USA

 

As far-right and conspiracy channels began citing one another, YouTube’s recommendation system learned to string their videos together. However implausible any individual rumor might be on its own, joined together, they created the impression that dozens of disparate sources were revealing the same terrifying truth.

—Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, New York Times

As trust in traditional media outlets has declined, people have turned to alternative ...