"Down the Rabbit Hole" of Vaccine Misinformation on YouTube: Network Exposure Study.

Lu Tang Kayo Fujimoto Muhammad Tuan Amith Rachel Cunningham Rebecca A Costantini Felicia York Grace Xiong Julie A Boom Cui Tao

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)

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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