YouTube vows to recommend fewer conspiracy theory videos

Site’s move comes amid continuing pressure over its role as a platform for misinformation and extremismYouTube will recommend fewer videos that “could misinform users in harmful ways”, the company announced on Friday, in a shift for a platform that has faced criticism for amplifying conspiracy theories and extremism.The change concerns YouTube’s recommendations feature, which automatically creates a playlist of videos for users to watch next. The recommendations are the r