"Our main findings indicate a "funnelling effect": users.. ..are steered by the recommendation system towards a select group of video channels,
narrowing the range of views they are exposed to.

Additionally, we found a significant overrepresentation of right-wing voices in video recommendations. When viewing political videos.. ..19.3% of the first recommendations were for videos featuring politicians from the Finns Party."

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https://www.euractiv.com/section/artificial-intelligence/news/youtubes-algorithm-promoted-right-wing-content-in-the-2024-finnish-elections/

YouTube’s algorithm promoted right-wing content in the 2024 Finnish elections

Amid this week's flurry of talks on AI regulation in Strasbourg, a new study found YouTube to have boosted the

^{Eliza Gkritsi (EURACTIV)}