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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    YouTube at 20: How the video-sharing site changed media

    YouTube turns 20 this year. The popular video site democratized content on the web, but also inflamed culture wars, radicalized users, and further polarized an already divided society.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 22, 2025 • 1 min read

    YouTube turns 20 this year. The popular video site democratized content on the web, but also inflamed culture wars, radicalized users, and further polarized an already divided society.

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      tech reporter for Bloomberg, author of the 2022 book “Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination”

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