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The YouTube Effect
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The YouTube Effect

2023
Directed byAlex Winter
1h 39m

YouTube has garnered over 2.3 billion users and is worth up to $300 billion. At its center is its algorithm, something that threatens to destroy not only the platform, but the entire Internet.

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Steve ChenSelf - YouTube Co-FounderJillian C. YorkSelf - Author, Free Expression ActivistHany FaridSelf - Professor, UC Berkeley, Computer Science and School of Information (voice)
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Talia LavinSelf - Journalist, Author (voice)
Anthony PadillaSelf - YouTube Creator, Smosh
Ian HecoxSelf - YouTube Creator, Smosh (voice)
Susan WojcickiSelf - Former YouTube CEO
Nitasha TikuSelf -Tech Culture Reporter, The Washington Post (voice)
Becca LewisSelf - Digital Media Researcher (voice)
Natalie WynnSelf - YouTube Creator, ContraPoints
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STATUSReleased
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4.8

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