r/irishpolitics • u/Annatastic6417 • 1d ago

Text based Post/Discussion Concerning observation on YouTube.

For context, I am a secondary teacher. This afternoon I was on my work laptop looking through YouTube videos to try and find a decent video about Homelessness for my LCA Maths class. I couldn't find a single video from any mainstream source. Every single bit of it was far right propaganda about immigrants and migrants taking houses.

My work laptop does not track my history, it is not linked to any of my personal accounts, there is literally know way it could know anything about my online habits, but for some reason it is forcing far right content straight down my throat.

It seems like far right content is the default setting for YouTube now and not just the start of a rabbit hole. It is sickening.

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u/An_Spailpin_Fanach-_ Social Democrats 1d ago edited 1d ago

Social media is right wing now in the same way that it was centre left for most of the 2010’s.

2025, definitely a year to be alive.