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YouTube blocked advertisers from finding videos related to "Black Lives Matter," but not "White Lives Matter."
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In part 2 of @themarkup& #39;s investigation into YouTube& #39;s secret blocklist, @asankin and I report on YouTube& #39;s treatment social and racial justice keywords.
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Despite pledging $100M to help Black creators and doing more to, "dismantle systemic racism," YouTube& #39;s blocklist upholds systematic racism by blocking racial justice terms, while letting virulently racist terms through.
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Brandi Collins-Dexter ( @BrandingBrandi) said this glimpse into how Google manages its platform suggests the company’s investments in building relationships with civil rights communities are “a lot of lip-service.” https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2021/04/09/google-blocks-advertisers-from-targeting-black-lives-matter-youtube-videos">https://themarkup.org/google-th...
Google refused to answer a single question related to its social or racial justice blocks. Rather than unblock terms, YouTube doubled down and blocked terms like, "black excellence" and "antiracism." More here:
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See part one of our investigation into YouTube& #39;s keyword blocklist for ad buyers here + thread:
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More details in this thread from my co-author @ASankin: https://twitter.com/ASankin/status/1380542406114820098">https://twitter.com/ASankin/s...
All of our data and code is open source. Check out the carefully documented GitHub repo. https://github.com/the-markup/investigation-youtube-ad-placements">https://github.com/the-marku...
