Following Trump's YouTube ban, it is feared his supporters are migrating to a 'Wild West' of video-sharing, mingling with far-right and neo-Nazis terror groups yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
YouTube s far-right alternatives are more popular than ever The migration to other websites has existed for a while. We ve seen a lot of content splitting off into smaller channels as a result of previous crackdowns that were happening on YouTube from as early as 2019, Dr. Andre Oboler CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute told Insider.
Last week s suspensions, however, have sped up the process. The far-right s gravitation towards these platforms for has now certainly been accelerated, Oboler said.
BitChute, a British video hosting website founded in 2017, has drawn in those suspicious of YouTube s moderation policies for over three years. Recently, however, it has seen a massive spike in interest.