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/Largewhitebutt Jul 22 '25

Great! Now stop trying to brain wash me with 2 hour right wing pragerU ad’s when I fall asleep because you know I wont be awake to skip them! Ive blocked every single one I’ve seen and Im still getting random weird “800” subscriber channel ads focused on “history” and “preserving american freedoms.” I fell asleep watching Minecraft lets plays dawg.

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u/Dull_Bid6002 Jul 22 '25

All the right wing ads are so ubiquitous because they target broadly. If you go into the why you're getting them, it'll always be a lie about what the targeted ad is for.

I don't just block, I report them as misleading because of that. I rarely get one now.

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u/Largewhitebutt Jul 22 '25

You can no longer report ads for specific reasons using the Youtube app that utilizes the TV UI (ie, xbox, Playstation, Switch, roku) which is primarily the format I use the most frequently, as my desktop uses firefox.