What is #YouTubeRegrets? #YouTubeRegrets is a crowdsourced public awareness campaign run by the nonprofit Mozilla. Mozilla collected YouTube users’ stories about the platform’s recommendation engine leading them down bizarre and sometimes dangerous pathways. This work was catalyzed by our own research on trustworthy AI; by stories in the New York Times and other publications; and by YouTube engineers who have spoken out.
This year's MozFest will look through the lens of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence as it is directly layered into the global crises we are all experiencing and their remedies. The AI that powers online platforms can help connect us during the pandemic — but it can also misinform us and polarize us.
