Cenk Uygur
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LEAKED Audio Reveals Alt-Right Plot
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February 27, 2018
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13:26Now PlayingLeaked audio from a discussion on Discord reveals members of the altright talking about how they manipulate YouTube to advance their agenda. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Kyle Kulinski, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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“Far-right German trolls are organizing to game YouTube algorithms into making far-right video content trend and orchestrate harassment campaigns against political opponents, as evidenced by leaked online communications from the chat platform Discord. Though Discord -- a voice chat app originally designed for gaming -- has promised to do a better job in curtailing extremism within its servers (or chat rooms), YouTube’s Trending problem seems to have only gotten worse.
In September 2017, a far-right German YouTuber Reconquista Germanica, whose real name is Nikolai Alexander, invited his 33,000 subscribers to join a Discord server by the same name. As BuzzFeed found, far-right trolls used it to communicate their attempts to bolster support for Germany’s far-right part in the upcoming elections. But the attempt was largely a flop. Now, the group is targeting YouTube, probably because it sees YouTube’s algorithm as an easy target.
In clips of an audio chat from Discord published by the Alt-Right Leaks Twitter account, members can be heard discussing the use of fake accounts or “sock accounts” (also known as “sock puppets”) numbering in the hundreds to “raid” YouTube videos by commenting on those they seek to popularize and by using the “dislike” button to bury those of their political opponents. Members of the Discord server have also used the chat platform to organize harassment against German freelance journalist Rayk Anders.”
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Kyle Kulinski
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Kyle Kulinski
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