Why Has 'Transgender' Become a Trigger Word for YouTube?

6/4/2018

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The Daily Beast (June 2) -- YouTube’s algorithm seems by default to be flagging videos containing the word “transgender” as something not suitable for all audiences. “The hard part as an outsider is figuring out if it is happening internally, meaning that explicit rules were set, or if it has to do with behavior from clicks from the outside world,” says Karrie G. Karahalios, a professor of computer science at Illinois.


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This story was published June 4, 2018.