Top Takeaways From Bloomberg's Investigation of YouTube
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Bloomberg investigated how YouTube let objectionable videos flourish on the service. Here are some of the key takeaways.
1 - Susan Wojcicki and other YouTube executives were either unable or unwilling to act on internal warnings about extreme and misleading videos because they were too focused on increasing viewing time and other measures of engagement. Wojcicki would “never put her fingers on the scale,” according to one person who worked for her.