Unethical growth hacks: A look into the growing Youtube news bot epidemic

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In fact, the opposite is happening. Because these are video format, they often get preferred treatment in Google’s search results, as it helps their search results seem more diverse when including video, images, and other non-link content.
 
 So in a time when countless news publications and blogs are barely scraping by, they now also have this growing obstacle deal with.
 
 And if you think it’s tough now, just wait a few more years before it gets out of hand as AI inevitably becomes smarter, faster, and more efficient.
 
 Thanks for reading.