(2017-02-24) How Youtube Internet Dark Side

How YouTube Serves As The Content Engine Of The Internet's Dark Side

Since Nov. 4, four days before the election (Donald Trump), Seaman has uploaded 136 videos, more than one a day. Of those, at least 42 are about Pizzagate.

Seaman has more than 150,000 subscribers. His videos, usually preceded by preroll ads for major brands like Quaker Oats and Uber, have been watched almost 18 million times.

The conspiracy-news internet’s biggest stars, some of whom now enjoy New Yorker profiles and presidential influence, largely live on YouTube. Infowars — whose founder and host, Alex Jones, claims Sandy Hook didn’t happen, Michelle Obama is a man, and 9/11 was an inside job — broadcasts to 2 million subscribers on YouTube. So does Michael “Gorilla Mindset” Cernovich.