“Down the Rabbit Hole” of Vaccine Misinformation on YouTube: Network Exposure Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research2020Vol. 23(1), pp. e23262–e23262
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Lu Tang, Kayo Fujimoto, Muhammad Amith, Rachel Cunningham, Rebecca A. Costantini, Felicia York, Grace Xiong, Julie A. Boom, Cui Tao
Abstract
YouTube has boosted the search rankings of provaccine videos to combat the influence of antivaccine information. However, when viewers are directed to antivaccine videos on YouTube from another site, the recommendation algorithm is still likely to expose them to additional antivaccine information.
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