![]() ![]() ![]() It’s baked into the way the service works. Raskin’s questions were getting at an important issue: YouTube, which Google purchased for $1.65 billion 12 years ago, has a conspiracy theory problem. He asked Pichai, “Is your basic position that is something you want to try to do something about, but basically there is just an avalanche of such material and there’s really nothing that can be done, and it should be buyer beware or consumer beware when you go on YouTube?” He added, “Are you taking the threats seriously? Raskin asked about another especially strange conspiracy theory that emerged on YouTube - “Frazzledrip,” which has deep ties to the QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theories. He was alluding to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led to an armed gunman showing up at a DC-area pizzeria in 2016 - a conspiracy theory spread, in part, on YouTube. “The point at which it becomes a matter of serious public interest is when your communication vehicle is being used to promote propaganda that leads to violent events,” he said. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), raised an actually important and pressing issue: the way YouTube’s algorithms can be used to push conspiracy theories. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) demanded that Google be held liable for Wikipedia’s “political bias.”īut one lawmaker, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) had to be told that Google does not make the iPhone. One Republican representative complained that all the Google results for the Obamacare repeal act and the Republican tax bill were negative. The three-and-a-half-hour hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and the House Judiciary Committee wasn’t exactly a showcase of deep knowledge of technology. ![]()
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