Watch-time optimization cannot recognize truth, quality, context, or safety. Clicks can therefore reward harmful and conspiratorial videos.
Watch-time optimization cannot recognize truth, quality, context, or safety. Clicks can therefore reward harmful and conspiratorial videos.
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