r/technology • u/Regular_Eggplant_248 • Jul 21 '25

Social Media YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/youtube-channels-propaganda-china-russia.html
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u/cbih Jul 22 '25

If YouTube wiped out 99% of it's channels, I probably wouldn't even notice.

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u/BowsersMuskyBallsack Jul 22 '25

Indeed. I am subscribed to 15 channels in total. All of them content creators that do not rely on shock editing, AI slop, or false advertising. If all of the low effort BS on YouTube disappeared this moment, I would not notice at all because I don't watch it in the first place.

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u/cbih Jul 22 '25

Any recommendations? I mostly watch Neebs gaming and internet historian

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u/BowsersMuskyBallsack Jul 22 '25

I am a boring old fart, so the channels I am subscribed to may not be of any interest to you. Clickspring, Techmoan, HardwareUnboxed, TechIngredients and other such channels.

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u/Whooshless Jul 23 '25

I bet Technology Connections is right up your alley.

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u/BowsersMuskyBallsack Jul 23 '25

I will take a look.

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u/Mickenfox Jul 22 '25

You would, if they had to pick 1% of their channels it would probably be Cocomelon and the other >100M subscriber ones.

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u/FartingBob Jul 22 '25

Yea that would be true of most people. Theres well over 100 million channels, the overwhelming majority likely with less than 100 regular viewers.

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u/ValuableJumpy8208 Jul 22 '25

“it is channels”

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u/veilosa Jul 22 '25

alot of the pro Palestinian supporters would notice, since most of the content is pushed by Iran.

it was super interesting when Iran locked down their internet during the Israel attack, and a bunch of channels and subreddits went quiet for a couple days.