The YouTube Effect

1h 39m

4.8

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.

Cast

Self - YouTube Co-Founder

Jillian C. York

Self - Author, Free Expression Activist

Self - Professor, UC Berkeley, Computer Science and School of Information (voice)

Self - Journalist, Author (voice)

Anthony Padilla

Self - YouTube Creator, Smosh

Self - YouTube Creator, Smosh (voice)

Self - Former YouTube CEO

Self -Tech Culture Reporter, The Washington Post (voice)

Self - Digital Media Researcher (voice)

Self - YouTube Creator, ContraPoints

Self - YouTube Creator, Faraday Speaks

Self - Software Engineer, Video Game Developer

Carrie Goldberg

Self - Online Abuse Lawyer

Self - Father of Alison Parker

Self - CEO Urvin.ai and Al Ethics Writer (voice)

Self - YouTube Creator, Ryan's World

Self - Ryan's Father

Self - Lost Mother to Far Right YouTube Conspiracy Videos

Self - Ryan's Mother