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Prof. Brendan Nyhan Quoted in 'USA Today'

"Despite the recent changes that YouTube has made, our findings indicate that far too many people are still being exposed to extremist ideas on the platform," the professor of government tells "USA Today."

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Google's YouTube is still recommending extremist and white supremacist videos to viewers already susceptible to racial hatred, a new report found.

Though the nation's most popular social media platform has removed large amounts of extremist content under political pressure, exposure to harmful videos is still common, and users who view extremist videos are still being recommended new clips in the same vein, according to a national study from the  Anti-Defamation League  (ADL) released Friday...Read more here.