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YouTube Recommendations Allegedly Promoted Radicalizing Material Contributing to Terrorist Acts
- Occurred
- Nov 13, 2015
- Published
- Nov 29, 2022
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Family of Nohemi Gonzalez alleged YouTube recommendation systems led people to propaganda videos for the Islamic State which subsequently radicalized them to carry out the killing of 130 people in the 2015 Paris terrorist attack, including Ms. Gonzalez.
Developers
- YouTube
Deployers
- YouTube
Harmed parties
- victims in Paris attacks
- Nohemi Gonzalez family
- Nohemi Gonzalez
Classification
Category confidence: 70%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: YouTube recommendation systems are AI-driven content curation tools, and the incident involves significant harm from radicalization leading to mass casualties.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8