How YouTube's Ad Placement Algorithm Got It So Wrong
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Major consumer brands have pulled out of advertising with YouTube after it was discovered that some of their ads were running alongside offensive content including video from terrorism-affiliated groups. Google, which owns YouTube, places ads on videos in part through an algorithm-powered system. So…what went wrong?June 1, 2017
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