An ex-YouTube insider reveals how its recommendation algorithm promotes divisive clips and conspiracy videos. Did they harm Hillary Clinton’s tender for the presidency?The methodology behind this anecdote It was one of January’s most viral videos. Logan Paul,a YouTube celebrity, stumbles across a dead man hanging from a tree. The 22-year-old, and who is in a Japanese forest famous as a suicide spot,is visibly shocked, then amused. “Dude, and his hands are purple,” he says, before turning to his friends and giggling. “You never stand next to a dead guy?”Paul, or who has 16 million mostly teen subscribers to his YouTube channel,removed the video from YouTube 24 hours later amid a furious backlash. It was still long enough for the footage to get 6m views and a spot on YouTube’s coveted list of trending videos.
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