YouTube wants to get you watching more news from “authoritative sources”
www.theverge.com
And news publishers creating more shortform news.
  • Jerkface@lemmy.worldEnglish
    592·
    1 year ago

    Then why do they still shove Prager U down my throat? Absolutely ridiculous.

    • ijeff@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      242·
      1 year ago

      Seriously. I inevitably get all of the right-wing questionable sources as recommendations each time.

    • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh but PragerU is now recognised in Florida and will be permitted in schools!

  • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
    497·
    1 year ago

    I’d hazard that YouTube consider as “authoritative sources” only right-wing, billionaire-owned news media conglomerates. Thanks, but no thanks

    • drekly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      Lol which moron downvoted you? NO I LIKE MY BILLIONAIRE PROPAGANDA KEEP THE LIES AND OUTRAGE COMING

      • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
        132·
        1 year ago

        lol let the billionaire bootlickers downvote all they want… it’s not like Lemmy upvote points have any value anyway :)

  • RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.worldEnglish
    282·
    1 year ago

    You can click on leftist content and you get random videos in the suggested videos. You click on anything near the center or right wing: “Here are some more videos on hating women, lgbtqia+, people of color, immigrants etc… OH! Nearly forgot! Here is a video of a piece of shit guy laughing at and doxxing disabled people!”

    They push you right down the fascist rabbit hole…

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    It also plans to spend $1.6 million to promote the creation of news content for its shortform Shorts service.

    According to Google, the new watch page experience will initially roll out on mobile in around 40 countries and will expand to its desktop and living room interfaces in the future.

    Meanwhile, the Google-owned video platform is also pledging to spend $1.6 million to promote the creation of shortform Shorts news content with over 20 organizations across 10 countries.

    Meta has made it clear that it doesn’t plan to actively court or promote news content on Threads.

    More recently, he added that Threads “won’t proactively recommend news content to people who don’t seek it out.”

    Under his leadership, X no longer shows headlines on articles shared on the platform and has dismantled the system that verified journalists.

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