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by moduspol 3130 days ago
Agreed. I mean, Russia already verifiably tried to influence the 2016 election, right?

Maybe the algorithm can be adjusted to not promote content that aligns with Russian interests. That way we can ensure people are only seeing the perspectives we want them to.

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That puts Youtube as a significant political power though.

Interestingly enough, there was thread saying Youtube was censoring searches of "navalnyi" a critic of Putin. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15806393