YouTube and Conspiracy Theories: A Longitudinal Audit of Information Panels
One way that YouTube aims to support its users to make sense of problematic content they find on its platform is through the inclusion of information panels (IPs) in its search results or video watch pages. Such panels, when present, offer topical context from third-party sources such as Encyclopedia Britannica or Wikipedia, but also fact-checks or breaking news. What search queries trigger these IPs? Do they appear consistently over time and space? Using 620 query phrases related to conspiracy Powered by Seed HypermediaOpen App