Alleged Role of YouTube Recommendations in Radicalization: The Importance of Responsible AI
November 13, 2015
Family of Nohemi Gonzalez alleged that YouTube recommendation systems promoted radicalizing material for the Islamic State, which may have contributed to the Paris terrorist attack in 2015. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- youtube
- Alleged developer
- youtube
- Alleged harmed parties
- victims-in-paris-attacks, nohemi-gonzalez-family, nohemi-gonzalez
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/476
Data source
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