YouTube continues to push dangerous videos to users susceptible to extremism, white supremacy …

CLOSE White House press secretary Jen Psaki says President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the U.S., an effort launched weeks after a violent mob loyal to Donald Trump stormed the Capitol. (Jan. 22) AP DomesticGoogle’s YouTube is stillrecommending extremist and white supremacist videos to viewers already susceptible to racial hatred a new report found.Though the nation’s most popular social media platform has removed large amounts of extremist content under political pressure, exposure to harmful videos is still common, and users who view extremist videos are still being recommended new clips in the same vein, according to a national study that ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released Friday, an advance copy of which was shared exclusively with USA TODAY.One in 10 study participants viewed at least one video from an extremist channel and 2 in 10 viewed at least one video from an “alternative” channel, according to the study, which examined the viewing habits of 915 respondents. The study’s authors defined extremist and alternative by drawing from published research on online radicalization.Trump and Capitol riot: When Trump started his speech before the Capitol riot, talk on Parler turned to civil warGOP loses big in Twitter purge: Trump allies and Republican lawmakers lost…
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