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In mid-2017, Kitboga found out that his grandmother had fallen victim to many scams designed to prey on the elderly, both online and in person. [4] He then discovered "Lenny", a loop of vague pre-recorded messages that scam baiters play during calls to convince the scammer that there is a real person on the phone without providing any useful information to the scammer.
He originally appealed but was denied as it is not YouTube, but the user claiming the content who has the final say over the appeal. He messaged YouTube to appeal, but YouTube said that they do not mediate copyright claims. [38] The claim was later removed, with Google terminating the claimant's YouTube channel and multi-channel network. [39]
Bright Side (stylized in all caps) is a Cypriot YouTube channel operated by media publisher TheSoul Publishing. Founded in 2017, the channel uploads videos regarding how-to trivia as well as history and knowledge and mistakes. The YouTube channel has over 44.6 million subscribers to its main channel, and over 10.938 billion views. [3]
Sock puppets include online identities created to praise, defend, or support a person or organization, [2] to manipulate public opinion, [3] or to circumvent restrictions such as viewing a social media account that a user is blocked from. Sock puppets are unwelcome in many online communities and forums.
NBC News also identified five YouTube channels about Black news and culture that have real people appearing in the videos but were reacting to and aggregating information from the fake news videos.
[21] [22] His channel was reinstated four days later. [23] He explained in a video that the scammer used Google Chat to send an authenticated phishing email from the "google.com" domain and convinced Browning to delete his channel under the pretense of moving it to a new YouTube brand account.
The BBC released a video to caution parents about videos in YouTube Kids with some screenshots and clips included: One such YouTube channel that releases such content is Smile Kids TV .
The following is a list of YouTubers for whom Wikipedia has articles either under their own name or their YouTube channel name. This list excludes people who, despite having a YouTube presence, are primarily known for their work elsewhere.