Incident 281: YouTube's Algorithms Failed to Remove Violating Content Related to Suicide and Self-Harm

Description: Terms-of-service-violating videos related to suicide and self-harm reportedly bypassed YouTube’s content moderation algorithms, allegedly resulting in exposure of graphic content to young users via recommended videos.

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Alleged: YouTube developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed YouTube young users and YouTube users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
281
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2019-02-04
Editors
Khoa Lam

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