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/andrewskdr Jul 21 '25

So Tim pool surely got deleted right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

Nope, still there, and just for anyone who isn't aware:

"Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson published statements on Wednesday evening addressing allegations that a US content creation company [Tenet Media] they were associated with had been provided with nearly $10m from Russian state media employees to publish videos with messages in favour of Moscow’s interests and agenda, including over the war in Ukraine."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/05/tim-pool-benny-johnson-influencers-russia-disinformation

Tim Pool: "Ukraine is the enemy of this country. Ukraine is our enemy, being funded by the Democrats. I will stress this again: one of the greatest enemies of our nation right now is Ukraine. We should rescind all funding and financing, pull out all military support, and we should apologize to Russia."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wlUfIAIrZk

[Edit:] u/The_Corsac_Fox82 (account made Jun 3, 2025) defended Tim Pool, harassed/tried to discredit me for this comment, deleted all their replies here, and then blocked me after they realized it wasn't working. They also made comments like this trying to stir up racial division:

[Original link:] https://www.reddit.com/r/shreveport/comments/1m56wjd/comment/n49wp5r/

[Saved link:] https://www.reveddit.com/v/shreveport/comments/1m56wjd/looking_for_honest_feedback/n49wp5r/

u/The_Corsac_Fox82: "Subtle?excuse me? Subtle it is not subtle. The town is literally self segregated and much worse. Are you kidding or just that new. What threw me off is I'm from Miami and moved here 12 years ago and it's weird cause the African American folks are the racists and everyone else isn't. It's kinda crazy and sad."

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u/hofmann419 Jul 22 '25

For some context, here is Tim Pool literally saying "Ukraine is the enemy of this country. Ukraine is the enemy of our country" and hitting the table in a fake fit of anger.

For totally not being a Russian asset, he surely is doing a lot of propaganda work for them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

Great link and timestamp. And straight from the source. Thanks!

The comments consistently call him out for the shilling, and the "Return YouTube Dislike" browser extension has that video's like/dislike ratio at 5.9K / 14K currently lmao.

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u/Modus-Tonens Jul 22 '25

I support the return of not only the dislike button, but the star ranking system. I don't wanna just say I dislike a video, I wanna give it one star.

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u/mr_plehbody Jul 22 '25

I really like our culture of media criticalness, and feel we will only become more critical as AI continues to progress. One of the only shining beams i see lately, even the box of rock brains will start to question everything instead of eat the shit soup.

Really levels the playing field, the truth is easy, billions go into the biases surrounding everything. Lies spread instantly, but this buffer certainly slows it down.

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u/Cowicidal Jul 22 '25

Tim Pool is treasonous scum.

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u/Diligent_Plantain279 Jul 22 '25

shame we don't deal with treasonous scum the way we used to

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u/rascalrhett1 Jul 22 '25

What's worse? Exchanging morals for money and taking a deal from Russia in order to spread harmful propaganda to your own fellow citizens?

OR

being so caustic and destructive with your own thoughts naturally that Russia, Americans greatest enemy, wants to pay you to amplify your voice because they believe your ideas will bring about Americas destruction.

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u/Alternative_Win_6629 Jul 22 '25

One is the result of the other.

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u/Sleepylimebounty Jul 22 '25

If I ruled the US treasonous folk would get the exact punishment the constitution says they should. Going soft on punishing criminals directly lead to the clown show we have now.

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u/bassbeatsbanging Jul 22 '25

All they had to do to buy him was offer him free hair plugs

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u/Deeppurp Jul 22 '25

Thanks you two for the source, reported him for hateful content at the 6:05 time stamp for promoting hate towards Ukraine.

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u/BootCampPTSD Jul 22 '25

You gonna add the full context or just highlight what helps your narrative?

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u/Crazyjaw Jul 22 '25

You mean the context that he was paid by Russian propaganda agents to illegally (undisclosed) shill Russian talking points for hundreds of thousands of dollars? I feel like anyone who knows anything about that dipshit knows that little factoid

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u/CommanderHavond Jul 22 '25

Next you’ll say there is some magical context that absolves Dim Fool of calling Adolf a WW2 hero

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u/readyflix Jul 22 '25

Facts have to be told, whether Americans like it or not.

Without the Soviet Union (Russia) the 'Western Powers' could not have defeated Nazi Germany.

Check

But in the end, what 'we' should not forget, it was, up to that point, the biggest war amongst Europeans (and their descendants) who nearly brought the whole world to an end.

And now, 80 years later, they are the same who are about to do it all over again.

Isn’t that revealing?

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u/CommanderHavond Jul 22 '25

Is this some weird anagram of adolf hitlers speech about invading warsaw

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u/Trollsense Jul 28 '25

Check

https://x.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1655661165031071749

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u/readyflix Jul 28 '25

Supplies are easy, human losses cannot be valued enough.

But for a society that ONLY values 'making money' over human life’s has reveled its moral stance very clearly for everyone to see.

We will provide the recourses to 'them', but a the end 'they' will die.

Only from time to time, their true face will be revealed.

Edit: 'America first' is very much the same as the Nazi Germany 'Deutschland über alles'.

Double Edit: I’m not defending any European descendants, it’s their battle for world domination.

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u/sneakyplanner Jul 22 '25

The funniest thing is that Tim's defense was "they didn't have editorial control, I would have said this shit for free." as if it's better to be Putin's puppet instead of his paypig.

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u/Hottage Jul 22 '25

Putins mouthpiece, but not for talking.

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u/Violent_Milk Jul 22 '25

Except he was literally reading a script.

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u/frenchezz Jul 22 '25

I knew all that anti-Hogan garbage on 'Dark side of the ring' was just anti-American propaganda /s

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u/mcslibbin Jul 22 '25

Ultimate Warrior was on the Epstein list

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u/frenchezz Jul 22 '25

Found Vladimir Koslovs burner account

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u/Hottage Jul 22 '25

Didn't you hear? There is not, and never has been, an Epstein List in Ba Sing Sae.

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u/Sloppykrab Jul 22 '25

He is the real American who will fight for your rights...

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u/mwa12345 Jul 22 '25

Thx Had forgotten. Seem YouTube is selective and hasn't cancelled these folks or ..more likely, Tim is useful and pushes other propaganda they don't mind

My suspicion is that this was an excuse used to indulge in some censorship for whatever reasons

Much as Tim is annoying, folks can easily ignore

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u/Andromansis Jul 22 '25

I've heard close to $60,000,000.

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u/admiralveephone Jul 22 '25

Why is this beanie wearing nutsack even popular? Why?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

I can believe that he has his own creation company and shows at least some degree of transparency about finances, but it looks like he was still affiliated with Tenet Media, the company that Russian state media employees paid off (until it shut down in September 2024):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Tenet_Media_investigation

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

I don't hate LGBTQIA people. Now you're just making up stuff in a poor attempt at discrediting me like all the vatniks/paid Russian trolls.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

Tim Pool: "Ukraine is the enemy of this country. Ukraine is our enemy, being funded by the Democrats. I will stress this again: one of the greatest enemies of our nation right now is Ukraine. We should rescind all funding and financing, pull out all military support, and we should apologize to Russia."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wlUfIAIrZk

That's clearly paid Russian propaganda.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

I don't, vatnik. Just give it a rest and go back to sipping on your bottle of vodka.