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15 Jan, 6 tweets, 5 min read
THREAD: YouTube suspended Donald Trump for inciting violence and telling lies.

But YouTube still makes big $$ off videos likes this one blaming "antifa" for the riots and talking about "civil war".

@YouTube stop profiting from extremism and lies.
YouTube takes up to 30% of every donation made using its "Superchat" feature on livestreams.

It means @YouTube profited from each donation to "Right Side Broadcasting Network" on their 6th January livestream, which stoked anger over "election fraud".
YouTube takes a cut of ad revenue on extremism and lies too.

Like this Epoch Times video in which Trump’s lawyer Lin Wood claims Trump won the election and that Covid is a Chinese plot.

Why is @YouTube profiting from misinformation @SusanWojcicki?
The Hodge Twins channel has 1.7m subscribers.

@YouTube is profiting from ads on their videos which claim the election was "rigged" and that the riots were "the most American thing you could do".
Videos from "Conservative Voice" have received hundreds of thousands of views this week.

@YouTube is profiting from ads on their videos claiming "special forces will move quickly to take over traitors" and that "Trump is about to strike back".
@YouTube @SundarPichai @SusanWojcicki you need to stop profiting from extremism and lies that led to the violence we saw at the Capitol.

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NEW: Facebook and Instagram are hosting accounts that sell neo-Nazi merchandise to fund far-right extremism.

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NEW: Google is making millions of dollars from websites spreading misinformation about the Presidential Election.

It’s time for @Google to stop profiting from and funding dangerous lies.

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