2019 February - NASA's Opportunity Rover declared dead on Mars
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7334

https://redd.it/asfbx1
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2019 February - Bruno Ganz, actor in the Hitler Rant meme, has passed away from colon cancer at age 77.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7PmzdINGZk

https://redd.it/asea0a
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2019 February - Keemstar discusses the recent video from Matt Watson about Child Exploitation on Youtube, claiming he is a fraud trying to gain attention.
https://youtu.be/aLsYQYHHqoM?t=39

https://redd.it/asle5a
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2019 February - Shane Dawson's 'Chuck E Cheese's' pizza conspiracy theory


Shane Dawson's most recent movie-length video on conspiracy theories included one on Chuck E Cheese's restaurants recycling pizza slices that the internet seems to have clung on to, with Chuck E Cheese's responding directly to the claim.

Videos are being made discussing it, people are going to their local places to test out the theory, news establishments are writing articles reporting on it.

Original Shane Dawson video: https://youtu.be/sNuKpwX6Tz4?t=591

Pewdiepie: https://youtu.be/EhRYhTAtaKM?t=788

H3: https://youtu.be/utjYy8pabQU?t=3052


Other videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRNvNx89OM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H1igO5fuk0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nfBr-Wdu1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxLXngy1U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJyvYhwJRHI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFwzOfyqq8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYDuG6dzcZc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy3lnflWu2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8lKe2PCW3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX76EkttxrU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCalmdZCsVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOFHNnzWcPc


News:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkouBDW3ArI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7IDWKcXAVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HwSVU_qwps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuK92RkvQHI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64EMRMOWfWk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FgqfSpWbY


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Articles:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/12/18222133/chuck-e-cheeses-shane-dawson-youtube-documentary-pizza-conspiracy-theory

https://people.com/food/chuck-e-cheese-youtube-shane-dawson-conspiracy-theory-response/

https://www.eonline.com/news/1014449/chuck-e-cheese-s-denies-pizza-conspiracy-after-shane-dawson-s-investigation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/13/chuck-e-cheeses-oddly-shaped-pizza-ignites-bizarre-conspiracy-theory-viewed-by-millions-youtube/?utm_term=.fd7541007d1b

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/chuck-e-cheeses-forced-to-deny-rumors-of-splicing-together-leftover-pizza-following-online-conspiracy-theory

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chuck-e-cheeses-pizza-shane-dawson-conspiracy-series_us_5c633068e4b07115222ad7db

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/shane-dawson-chuck-e-cheeses-pizza



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2019 February - CirclePeople have been trying to reclaim their channel but YouTube has put them through their loophole, see how the process goes with their latest tweet.
https://twitter.com/circlepeopleyt/status/1098129933027721216?s=21

https://redd.it/aspkw2
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2019 February - Nestle and Disney have pulled ads from Youtube following the Child Exploitation videos by Matt Watson
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-20/disney-pulls-youtube-ads-amid-concerns-over-child-video-voyeurs

https://redd.it/asuqpe
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2019 February - Multiple advertisers (Epic Games, Nestle, Disney, etc) pull out of YouTube as Matt Watson pushes users to spam advertisers about Child Exploitation on the platform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GdKbt_bjI4

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2019 February - YouTube’s Response to Matt Watson’s Video with Actions Taken.
https://redd.it/at071n
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2019 February - Context for the Matt Watson (MattsWhatItIs) "Youtube's Child Exploitation" situation and companies pulling advertising from Youtube.

Since Matt Watson made his video about child exploitation on Youtube, several things have happened in the news and online. I was talking to another user in PMs yesterday and decided to compile everything I could find into one resource post.

Feel free to add anything I've missed in the comments.

Updating this as the situation develops.

 

 

To begin, /u/Mattwatson07 posted his video **"Youtube is Facilitating the Sexual Exploitation of Children, and it's Being Monetized (2019)"** to /r/Videos on Feb 18, 2019.

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/artkmz

It rose to the #1 spot on /r/all and is the #2 post of all time on the subreddit, attracting attention from news outlets and Youtube itself.

At the time of posting the Reddit post, Matt was live streaming and prompted his viewers to vote on the post, sending it shooting up the front page to the #1 spot.

Timestamp in the livestream: https://youtu.be/FIOvURSyuZU?t=2807




 


The video shines light on the issue of videos with **underage girls** being uploaded and reuploaded then shared around the website, with users commenting **sexualized messages in the comment sections**. Youtube's system enables this behavior by suggesting **more** young children videos to people watching this type of content, inadvertently connecting users that seek this sexually exploitative content.

The MattsWhatItIs channel rose from 15.6K subscribers to 26K in three days and the video accumulated 2 million views.

Matt Watson then began doing daily streams encouraging his new viewers to contact Youtube advertisers with the video, encouraging them to **pull their ads off of Youtube**.

 

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Keemstar tweets that he will not report on the story because he fears blowing it up and driving advertisers away, hurting all creators on the platform.

https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1097609056968237056

>> Keem report on actual news like the rampent pedophiles all over YouTube instead of just Logan and his fans being mad bc you talked down about Logan. Of course they won't like someone who talks down on one of their favorite YouTubers. Talk about something important #YoutubeWakeUp

>I’m not reporting the story because it negatively affects the whole YouTube community. We don’t need another ad apocalypse. What I have done behind the scenes though is reached out to my YouTube contacts showing them the video & my team is showing them content to take down.

 

At some point in his livestream, Keemstar joins the chat to reach out to Matt about the way he is trying to fix the issue. Keemstar says that driving advertisers away from Youtube will hurt creators, not pedophiles. Instead, Keemstar says Matt should encourage his viewers to report the content to Youtube, as they are working to purge it from the site.

https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1097990432817061888

Twitter Video 1 mirror: https://streamable.com/0ba90

Keemstar claims Youtube is shutting down thousands of these harmful accounts, which Matt denies.

Keemstar also finds and uses a clip from Matt Watson's previous channel Totally Uncreative, a satire channel that mocks incels, to say he is "a creep" but does not note the context.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTSL6czamDyXCR-B0o1V1DQ/videos

All videos mirrored here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/YoutubeCompendium/comments/asle5a/2019_february_keemstar_discusses_the_recent_video/egv44fy

 

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Matt reads Keemstar's tweet that he is not reporting on the issue because it would hurt the platform but is working behind the scenes to solve the issue with Youtube, and responds saying that Keemstar only cares about his own income and that he does not care about creators' revenue. Matt says, "So what if it affects you, go work at KFC."

https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1098006308580659201

Twitter Video 2 mirror: https://streamable.com/20prz

 

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https://twit

ter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1098011767374938112

Youtube responds to Keemstar, stating:

>Thanks, @KEEMSTAR. To be clear, NO FORM of content that endangers minors is acceptable to us. We’ve deleted accounts and channels, reported illegal activity to authorities, and disabled comments on videos, and we're continuing to do so to prevent bad actors from misusing YouTube.

 

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https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1098094200254590976

Keemstar states,

> Yeah [Matt] banned everyone calling him out in chat

Citing that Matt Watson banned creators and users in his livestream chat when they were discussing the merits of his tactic in targeting advertisers versus reporting the content to Youtube.

https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1098102846589935616

Twitter Video 3 mirror: https://streamable.com/dltuo

Keemstar states Matt banned Youtubers Leon Lush and NerdCity from his chat when they were discussing the situation with him and disagreeing with his goals in getting advertisers to pull out of Youtube.

 

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https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1098308879073665030

https://streamable.com/6nlg6

Video in which Matt Watson says, "This means Youtubers are gonna suffer, unfortunately. The only way to get Youtube to do something about this is to hit them where it hurts. And that's in their wallet."

 

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UNIRock2 claims this /r/YoutubeWakeUp movement has been planning to force advertisers to pull out of Youtube for months and are capitalizing on this situation to make it happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfYDCbnkfyw

 

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https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/1098420250352074752

https://i.imgur.com/lIismFG.png

#####Youtube responds:

>in the last 48 hours, beyond our normal protections we've disabled comments on **tens of millions** of videos. We've also **terminated over 400 channels** for the comments they left on videos, and reported illegal comments to law enforcement.



https://twitter.com/TheLegitTipster/status/1098432845981245440

https://i.imgur.com/5pkf1lp.png

 

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**List of companies that have pulled ads** from Youtube:

https://www.reddit.com/r/YoutubeCompendium/comments/asdihe

Purina
Grammarly
Canada Goose
Ikea US
Fairlife
Kinnek
Les Mills
NZME
GNC
Vitacost
Dr Oetker UK
Core Power
Glad
**Nestle**
**Epic Games**
**Disney**
Pelonton

 


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Articles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/technology/youtube-pedophiles.html

http://fortune.com/2019/02/20/youtube-advertising-videos-create-soft-core-pedophilia-ring/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nestle-pulls-ads-from-youtube-over-videos-of-minors/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18233132/fortnite-ads-youtube-child-exploitive-predators-google

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/20/disney-pulls-youtube-ads-over-pedophile-network-report.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-20/disney-pulls-youtube-ads-amid-concerns-over-child-video-voyeurs

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/20/disney-nestle-pull-youtube-ads-over-child-videos/





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2019 February - Just moments ago, 5-Minute Crafts officially became the 3rd Youtube channel to hit 50 million subscribers
https://redd.it/atbvuz
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2019 February - TeamYoutube on Twitter: "even if your video is suitable for advertisers, inappropriate comments could result in your video receiving limited or no ads"
https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1098756348626403328

https://redd.it/atf1zk
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2019 February - Youtube releases a statement regarding the safety of minors. Clarifies ONLY videos featuring minors with or at risk of having predatory comments may receive limited or no ads.
https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/1805616?hl=en

https://redd.it/atndwi
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2019 February - TeamYoutube says they've "terminated hundreds of accounts for comments and reported illegal behavior," "disabled comments on tens of millions of videos that may include minors," and that, "Videos that include minors and are at risk of predatory comments may receive limited/no ads."
https://redd.it/ato25d
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2019 February - My shit animation (with only voice acting and sound effects) was copyright striked because we both took one sound effect from the same FREESOUND.ORG resource. 'Skit' isn't even MUSIC!
https://redd.it/atr5uq
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2019 February - As Fortnite declines in popularity, Apex Legends scams begin to be promoted by YouTube.
https://redd.it/atxfmz
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2019 February - WillNe, British Youtuber with 2.4m subs, has ENTIRE channel comments disabled (due to #WakeUpYoutube I assume, based around his videos from 2016-18 about BG Media).
https://youtu.be/pGdOLoikn6s

https://redd.it/atzjvf
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2019 February: Ali-A Embraces his Meme Status
https://redd.it/au1z9j
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2019 February - YouTube has (temporarily?) disabled the comments on Chadtronic (decently-sized channel with just under 650K subs)'s videos. His channel is also being screened to make sure it's advertiser-friendly (questionnaire before monetisation + manual review during first 24 hours video is up)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4MGGsaPWPA

https://redd.it/au3gn3
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2019 February - MsBreezy (889k subs) posts video in which she talks about how she feels stuck; she can’t keep up with rent; and has lost a lot of “friends”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jyKCsm76KpY

https://redd.it/au4ado
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2019 February - Elon Musk and Justin Roiland host Meme Review on Pewdiepie's channel
https://youtu.be/zpWYQ1YtgnI?t=815

https://redd.it/au51of
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