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Youtube takes us into a new territory. there has been excellent reporting and studies in the last week, a lot are published in "the new york times," showing that beyond even this more speech, the recommendation engine of youtube is driving people towards ever-more extreme content. that's an editorial curatioatio that they're doing. >> and they want to make money off of that. they've been making money off of that. so they need to -- they have to have an editorial -- every journalism organization -- >> it's not a journalism organization. >> we're out of time! we will keep it going this time next...

Big issue, that the business model is based on gathering the data. letting you clear it after the fact is good, but it does prevent them from creating this behavioral predictions and that is where the control comes from. it is like they are running this massive experiment and at the end of the experiment, they give you a recommendation engine that says hey, if you like this, you might like that. well, think about that just for a minute. that feels like a tremendous service, but the guy running the behavioral prediction engine can control the inputs and outputs. so if they know that you are rel...

This is something you'll have to manage for the rest of your life. >> it's the chronic condition of the internet. >> there has been some progress, but this really means the attackers are getting more sophisticated, doesn't it? >> they are getting more sophisticated. i think really it comes down to impressing upon the platforms that they bear some responsibility. and i am not advocating for the regulation of ideas. i am advocating for oversight. i think what we see in the article from "the new york times" is that self-regulation with no oversight does not work. it just does not work in this ind...