Auditing Radicalization Pathways on YouTube

Explore a critical analysis of a research paper claiming the existence of a radicalization pipeline on YouTube. Examine the study's methodology, which investigates user behavior across different political content categories and YouTube's recommendation system. Delve into the paper's findings on user migration patterns, shared audiences between content types, and the accessibility of more extreme content through recommendations. Consider an alternative interpretation of the data as a basic diffusion process rather than deliberate radicalization. Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the study's approach to measuring YouTube's influence on political radicalization.