Conspiracy theories about the health of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have dominated YouTube this week, illustrating how the world’s most popular video site is failing to prevent its algorithm from helping popularize viral hoaxes and misinformation.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Searching for news on RBG? YouTube offered conspiracy theories about the Supreme Court justice instead.
By Tony Romm
and January 11, 2019 at 1:08 p.m. EST