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YouTube: Addiction Inc. - YouTube suppressed internal warnings, manipulated advocacy organizations, killed safety features, and auto-deleted internal communications (techoversight.org)
submitted 20 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Full Report.

The report analyzes newly unsealed documents from the social media addictions that implicate YouTube senior executives and engineers and shows that the Big Tech giant suppressed internal warnings, manipulated third- party advocacy organizations, killed safety features on ROI grounds, and auto-deleted internal communications to minimize its discoverable footprint. The report includes relevant screenshots, docket numbers, and analysis that point out the rank hypocrisy of YouTube and its parent company, Google.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Google/Alphabet continuously suppresses internal warnings, manipulates advocacy organizations, kills safety features, and auto-deletes internal communications

Just par for the course for one of its subsections.

People call it a duopoly but I really think it has been a monopoly for a while, esp. outside the US. This company needs to be broken up. And corporations in general need to be regulated more/better.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

For reference: auto-deletion of internal e-mails (after 2 years) has been standard practice at most big companies I have had anything to do with for many years now.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

Yep, that’s pretty normal now.

Partially to avoid a lawsuits, partially to force you to write proper documentation, partially to save costs.