{"id":5229,"date":"2020-05-02T13:34:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2020-05-02T13:34:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:34:06","slug":"youtube-algorithm-epic-fail-portugal-nailed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/2020\/05\/02\/youtube-algorithm-epic-fail-portugal-nailed-it","title":{"rendered":"YouTube’s Algorithm Epic Fail \u2014 Portugal Nailed It"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the Tube\u2019s Away, The Algorithm Will Play<\/h3>\n

In March, YouTube warned that its algorithm might go haywire during the COVID-19 shutdown with fewer human eyes on the wayward beast. It’s hard to miss the message that screams \u201cduring the lockdown our algorithm might accidentally lock you out\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is equally hard to miss the fact that crypto-tubers don’t have a lot of luck when it comes to tripping the video site\u2019s hazard wires. Tone Vays, The Crypto Lark, and Blockchain Education Network have all <\/span>suffered at the hands<\/span><\/a> of the \u201charmful content\u201d trigger recently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

None appears to have been offered an explanation why. But there is a plausible explanation for last week\u2019s shenanigans. One that promises to send ripples of fear through the entire crypto content industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ripple Sues YouTube, YouTube Boots Ripple CTO<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ripple Labs has filed a lawsuit against the platform for failing to do enough to stop scammers and impersonators promoting fake XRP giveaways.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last thing they want is for XRP tokens flooding into the <\/span>wallets of scam artists<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, a few thousand XRP tokens here and there probably don\u2019t have that much impact on the price of XRP… es<\/span>pecially since Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb <\/span>continues to dump<\/span><\/a> around 1.8 million XRP every single day<\/strong> on the sad, powerless retail market. And oh! Look! Ripple sent him another <\/span>55 million XRP<\/span><\/a> just yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahem\u2026 back to the point.<\/span><\/p>\n

About a week after the lawsuit was announced, Ripple CTO David Schwartz\u2019s YouTube channel was suspended, after he was apparently flagged for <\/span>impersonating himself<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s unpack this:<\/span><\/p>\n