Its popularity inside and outside YouTube elevated its standing within the platform and pushed it briefly to the top of YouTube's
Trending video section Wednesday, where it reached even more people.
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John Herrman of The New York Times interviewed the anonymous YouTube user who uploaded the Hogg conspiracy
video that made it to the top of the site's
trending section.
It happened again Wednesday when conspiracy - theory
videos claiming that a Florida shooting survivor, David Hogg, was a paid actor made it into YouTube and Facebook's
trending sections and search results.
The move comes shortly after YouTube was criticized for promoting
videos in the «
trending»
section of its site that claimed one of the survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida was a paid actor.
YouTube has removed conspiracy theory
videos that made it to the top of the site's
trending section.
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In the wake of the Logan Paul fiasco and a fake news
video of a Florida school shooting survivor hitting the
trending section, YouTube's moderators got a bit overzealous this week.
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YouTube is in hot water again after it failed this week to catch a conspiracy theory
video before it topped the
Trending section — proving the company still doesn't have a handle on its own algorithms, despite being raked over the coals for this multiple times in the past.
The last time YouTube faced scrutiny over its
Trending section was last month, when shocked viewers saw that Logan Paul's «Suicide Forest»
video was posted prominently there.
It happened again Wednesday when conspiracy theory
videos claiming that Florida shooting survivor David Hogg was a paid actor made it into YouTube and Facebook's
trending sections and search results.
During the probation period, Paul will be able to monetize his
videos, but they won't show up in YouTube's
Trending section, and non-subscribers won't receive notifications when he uploads new
videos, according to Polygon.