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The RegretsReporter browser extension, built by the nonprofit Mozilla, helps you take control of your YouTube recommendations.
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What does it do?
The RegretsReporter extension gives you more control over your YouTube experience. RegretsReporter brings YouTube’s algorithmic controls to the forefront of your feed, giving you a simple way to tell YouTube’s algorithm to stop recommending certain videos, and also to report the recommendations that you regret. RegretsReporter is only for people who are 18 or older. This extension is part of a crowdsourced investigation into YouTube’s algorithm to learn more about what people regret being recommended and how the algorithm responds to user feedback. You can choose to opt-in to donating your data to support our research upon installing the extension. By contributing your data to our research you can help us improve one of the most powerful recommendation engines on the planet.
How does it work?
RegretsReporter overlays a “stop recommending” button onto the thumbnail of each video that appears in your YouTube recommendations. Pressing this button will send feedback directly to YouTube, telling them that you don’t want to be recommended that type of video in the future. After sending this feedback, you can provide an optional comment to help us learn more about why that recommendation was unwanted. If you choose to opt-in to Mozilla’s crowdsourced research project upon installing the extension, Mozilla will monitor your recommendations to see whether YouTube is really listening to the feedback that you send. This contributes to our advocacy work to put people in control of their experiences with online algorithms.
What kind of data am I donating when I use RegretsReporter?
If you choose to opt-in to Mozilla’s crowdsourced research project, the extension will send Mozilla information about the number of videos you view, your use of features to control your recommendations, and what kinds of videos you are recommended. If you choose to opt-out, Mozilla will not receive any data about your YouTube usage as part of our investigation into YouTube’s algorithm.
We encourage users to read our Privacy Notice for more detailed information about data collected through RegretsReporter.
Is my privacy protected?
Throughout this process, your privacy is paramount. If you opt-in to our research project, the data Mozilla collects is linked to a randomly-generated user ID, not your YouTube account. Your data may be used in Mozilla Foundation's advocacy and campaigning work. It may be shared with organizations working to investigate recommender systems and technologists working to build more trustworthy AI. When we disclose information, we disclose it in a way that minimizes the risk of you being re-identified. The extension gathers no data when you browse in a private browsing window. For more detailed information about your privacy please read the RegretsReporter Privacy Notice.
What will you do with the information from RegretsReporter?
We will use information from the RegretsReporter extension to power our advocacy and campaigning work. Specifically, to hold YouTube and other companies accountable for the AI developed to power their recommendation systems. And, to put people in control of their experiences with online algorithms. In July 2021 Mozilla used RegretsReporter data contributed by 37,380 people to power the largest-ever crowdsourced investigation into harmful recommendations on YouTube. The investigation was covered by more than 170 news outlets across 30 countries and resulted in YouTube making changes to its algorithm and releasing more information to the public about how it works.
Does this work on mobile?
No. Currently this extension is compatible with Firefox and Chrome on desktop only.
Is RegretsReporter available in multiple languages?
RegretsReporter will function no matter what language your YouTube account is set to, and our analysis will include videos in languages other than English. However, the extension interface is only available in English for now.
Latest reviews
- (2023-09-30) Залупенко Вано: Вроде заработало. Неинтересный контент наконец начал выпиливаться из моих рекомендаций. Правда на его месте стало появляться что-то странное, но очень интересное. Была бы возможность не рекомендовать видео из плейлиста "Смотреть позже", а также контент, который связан с непонятными ноунеймами, на чьё видео я кликнул случайно, и было бы вообще замечательно. Но расширение не об этом.
- (2023-09-12) Jake Mayback: I removed this because the clickable area is way too big on thumbnails. You end up blocking channels that you really like.
- (2023-08-25) Александр: Не работает
- (2022-02-21) Andrea Rodolfi: Good idea, but the extension is bugged and messes up some functions of youtube studio
- (2022-02-03) John Rogers: Noninvasive and works to solve the issue of YouTubes faulty, predatory, and numbing algorithm. (An extremely important problem)
- (2021-12-04) Mahmoud Saeed: It auto-dislikes the video if I click on "stop recommending".
- (2021-12-02) Kyle Crockett: YouTube still works for me. No loss in functionality as far as I can tell.
- (2021-04-08) Obiwan Kenobi: What is it with left-wing activism and fascism? Why are the two linked together so tightly?
- (2020-10-29) TheAverageGamer Gang: I am rating this a 0 star rating because from what I see, there is no transparency to say that this actually only tracks the alt-right rabbit holes but also (for obvious reasons) try to understand how people get caught other social or political movements such as into anti-authoritarian, or anti-capitalist, or anti-colonial movements as well and try to stop it. Considering the right is not as powerful anymore, and that the left is just as much of a threat to companies power. I worry this may be a proxy to read peoples information just to use it for their own gain. If they change this and act more transparent, I will change my rating to a full 5 out of 5.
- (2020-09-29) Luan Vitor Simião Oliveira: encourages social bubbles and very poor user interface/experience
- (2020-09-25) Jānis Ķengurs: Makes youtube unusable Cant comment, cant put in playlist, since playlist cant put then tried likeing to put in like playlists, but cant like, cant subscribe. Thouse are broken. How?
- (2020-09-20) kenji tanaka: this extension enabled afer can not Scroll loading
- (2020-09-19) Artemi Lebedev: 405 error broke my youtube auth and notification bar The request method GET is inappropriate for the URL /youtubei/v1/browse. That’s all we know.
- (2020-09-18) Alex Kosmidis: Breaks use of youtube. When you have it enabled you appear logged-in, and not logged into youtube, at the same time. Impossible to list history, and subscribe to new channels.
- (2020-09-17) Julio retkwa: You cant subscribe any channel with regrets reporter enabled
- (2020-09-17) Dominik Sander (Dom-San): Amazing Idea, but it breaks YouTube notifications. Please fix this, I want to use it!!!
- (2020-09-17) Divaksh Jain: Thank you Mozilla. :)
Latest issues
- (2022-02-16, v:2.0.5) Jim Ayers: I am a developer, IDK if I can help!
The option to 'monitor and report' to Regrets reporter without reporting a "dislike" to youtube and hence google would be a nice option, since this only censors misinformation to 'us' the end user, but not the general public. There is a need to monitor misinformation, (without unsubscribing.) Youtube and thus google are filter bubbling people after the algorithm succeeds or fails to indoctrinate people, so this doesn't help if we "unsubscribe." And indoctrination is used as a tool to addict and predict ad responses, the vast majority of indoctrination is done by algorithms not individuals. Also, this "outrage" on misinformation and disinformation, has no focus on non political / health / conspiracy misinformation, like bad videos on how to unclog your sink that simply wont work, or misinformation on fad diets, how to exercise, subwoofer placement etc. Misinformation and disinformation is a severe problem, that goes far beyond covid, autism, etc. And causes problems for peoples lives when they unclog their sinks wrong, or exercise wrong, or become addicts to failed diets and health products. Ultimately the bad algorithms and misinformation are designed to hook you as a consumer. - (2022-02-16, v:2.0.5) Jim Ayers: Maybe instead of a frowny face on all the videos you should choose a different icon, Thankska
I am seeing a lot of negative reviews, but I am trying out the extension. The first thing I have noticed is that every single video has a frowny face it, on hover. I think that this has a negative impact on overall user experience and should be more neutral or positive. I think that this is an important extension and am offering constructive criticism in order to improve its reach. Thanks - (2022-02-04, v:2.0.5) Gregor W. Sky: What about the YouTube app?
Hello, for me the extension is quite useless because I watch YouTube videos around 99% of all times not on my PC but with the Android app – sometimes on my phone, mostly on my TV via Chromecast. Can you make a version that works with the app? - (2021-12-07, v:2.0.0) bryan strauss: Unstable
Seeing alot of negative comments and reviews