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mh-90\">\n            <div data-slot=\"SEJ_Infinite_Under_Featured\" class=\"sadslots\" id='SEJ_Infinite_Under_Featured_289437'>           \n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"adv-label\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <p>YouTube is <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.googleblog.com\/2019\/01\/continuing-our-work-to-improve.html\">adjusting<\/a> its recommendation engine in an effort to lower the reach of videos that misinform users.<\/p>\n<p>This type of content cannot be outright removed since it doesn&rsquo;t quite violate YouTube&rsquo;s community guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube will instead reduce the visibility of borderline content by not displaying the videos as recommendations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&ldquo;&hellip; we&rsquo;ll begin reducing recommendations of borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways&mdash;such as videos promoting a phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9\/11.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"content-unit mh-90\">\n                        <div data-slot=\"SEJ_Infinite_Middle_Post\" class=\"sadslots SEJ_Infinite_Middle_Post_289437\" id=\"SEJ_Infinite_Middle_Post_289437_1\">\n                        <\/div>\n                \t    <div class=\"adv-label\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n                        <\/div><p>Users will still be able to find these types of videos if they&rsquo;re specifically searched for. This change only affects recommended videos that appear in places like the home page.<\/p>\n<p>The only time YouTube may recommend these videos is when users subscribe to channels that publish borderline content.<\/p>\n<p>According to YouTube, less than one percent of its videos qualify as borderline content.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&ldquo;While this shift will apply to less than one percent of the content on YouTube, we believe that limiting the recommendation of these types of videos will mean a better experience for the YouTube community.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>YouTube will utilize a combination of machine learning and human evaluators to assess which videos should not appear as recommendations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-unit mh-90\">\n                        <div data-slot=\"SEJ_Infinite_Middle_Post\" class=\"sadslots SEJ_Infinite_Middle_Post_289437\" id=\"SEJ_Infinite_Middle_Post_289437_2\">\n                        <\/div>\n                \t    <div 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