YouTube Managers Ignored Warnings, Let Toxic Videos Run Rampant

Proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement, staff say

Susan Wojcicki speaks at SXSW in 2018. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

By Mark Bergen

A year ago, Susan Wojcicki was on stage to defend YouTube. Her company, hammered for months for fueling falsehoods online, was reeling from another…