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| <blockquote>''"YT" redirects here. Not to be confused with [[White people|whites]].''</blockquote>{{Infobox company|name=YouTube|image=YouTube.png|founding_date=February 14, 2005|founder=[[Chad Hurley]]<br>[[Steve Chen]]<br>[[Jawed Karim]]|industry=Internet<br>Video hosting service|headquarters=901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California, United States|key_people=[[Neal Mohan]] (CEO)<br>[[Matt Halprin]] (Vice President)<br>[[Chad Hurley]] (Advisor)|ownership=[[Google]]|revenue=Increase US$28.8 billion (2021)|website=youtube.com}}
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| | '''YouTube''' is a video sharing platform based in the [[United States of America|United States]], owned by the pro-imperialist tech giant, [[Alphabet. Inc|Alphabet]] (previously called [[Google Inc.|Google]]). |
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| '''YouTube''' is a video sharing platform based in the [[United States of America|United States]], owned by the pro-[[Imperialism|imperialist]] tech giant, [[Alphabet. Inc|Alphabet]] (previously called [[Google Inc.|Google]]). It automatically [[Censorship|censors]] [[Anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]] content.<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTtzlasfWoA|channel=[[BadEmpanada|BadEmpanada 2]]|title=YouTube CENSORING Anti-Israel Content Automatically|date=2022-12-29}}</ref>
| | YouTube's [[censorship]] has led to video creators seeking out alternatives, such as [[Rokfin]], [[Rumble]], and [[PeerTube]].<ref>[https://alternativeto.net/software/youtube/ YouTube alternatives] on AlternativeTo </ref><ref>{{News citation|author=Ryan Grim|newspaper=The Intercept|title=Big Tech’s Kafkaesque Approach to Censorship Is Driven by an Abiding Contempt for Its Audience|date=2022-03-04|url=https://theintercept.com/2022/03/04/youtube-censorship-big-tech-rising-the-hill/}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Fox News|title=Rand Paul quits YouTube, citing censorship|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/rand-paul-quits-youtube-censorship}}</ref> |
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| YouTube's censorship has led to video creators seeking out alternatives, such as [[Rokfin]], [[Rumble]], Invidious, and [[PeerTube]].<ref>[https://alternativeto.net/software/youtube/ YouTube alternatives] on AlternativeTo </ref><ref>{{News citation|author=Ryan Grim|newspaper=The Intercept|title=Big Tech’s Kafkaesque Approach to Censorship Is Driven by an Abiding Contempt for Its Audience|date=2022-03-04|url=https://theintercept.com/2022/03/04/youtube-censorship-big-tech-rising-the-hill/}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Fox News|title=Rand Paul quits YouTube, citing censorship|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/rand-paul-quits-youtube-censorship}}</ref> In October 2023, [[Hexbear]] users created a pro-[[Communism|communist]] PeerTube instance called [[TankieTube]].<ref>{{Web citation|title=About TankieTube|url=https://tankie.tube/about/instance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426180223/https://tankie.tube/about/instance|archive-date=2024-04-26}}</ref>
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| == CIA connections == | | == CIA connections == |
| YouTube's leading analyst in trust and safety, [[Michelle Toborowski]], worked for the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] for 12 years. | | YouTube's leading analyst in trust in safety, Michelle Toborowski, worked for the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] for 12 years. |
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| [[Bryan Weisbard]], who was a CIA intelligence officer from 2006 to 2010, led YouTube teams that examined sensitive content and misinformation. He now works for [[Meta Platforms, Inc.|Facebook]].<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Alan Macleod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=National Security Search Engine: Google's Ranks Are Filled with CIA Agents|date=2022-07-25|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/national-security-search-engine-google-ranks-cia-agents/281490/|retrieved=2022-07-25}}</ref>
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| == External links ==
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| === YouTube alternatives ===
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| * [https://tankie.tube tankie.tube]
| | Bryan Weisbard, who was a CIA intelligence officer from 2006 to 2010, led YouTube teams that examined sensitive content and misinformation. He now works for [[Meta Platforms, Inc.|Facebook]].<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Alan Macleod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=National Security Search Engine: Google's Ranks Are Filled with CIA Agents|date=2022-07-25|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/national-security-search-engine-google-ranks-cia-agents/281490/|retrieved=2022-07-25}}</ref> |
| * [https://inv.nadeko.net inv.nadeko.net]
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| * [https://invidious.incogniweb.net invidious.incogniweb.net]
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| * [https://piped.video piped.video]
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| * [https://yewtu.be yewtu.be]
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| * [https://yt.artemislena.eu yt.artemislena.eu]
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| == References == | | == References == |
| [[Category:Online video platforms]] | | [[Category:Online video platforms]] |
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| [[Category:Imperialist companies]]
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| [[Category:Companies based in the United States]]
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| [[Category:Social media]]
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