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Stop Bit Burning: 2021 directory of channels banned on YouTube, alt-tech links (stopbitburning.com)
3 points by epitactic 1796 days ago
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Submission statement: starting in October of last year, YouTube conducted what has been called a "massive purge" of channels. The BitBurned directory is an index of such (former) channels, with links to where they can be found on "alt-tech" (in contrast to Big Tech) services, including: Bitchute, Parler, Gab, and Rumble.

Recent relevant articles of interest, showing this is an important topic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27874527 Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censorship - eff.org - 2021-07-18 (309 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27858032 Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” - support.google.com - 2021-07-16 (1531 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27646686 YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forcing rights group to seek alternative - Reuters - 2021-06-26 (261 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26215122 Online Speech Is Now an Existential Question for Tech - WSJ - 2021-02-21 (40 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26045088 The war on disinformation is a war on dissent - humanevents.com - 2021-02-06 (437 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25359003 YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud - blog.youtube - 2020-12-09 (3227 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25097145 Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Facebook and Twitter - npr.org - 2020-11-15 (876 comments)

Ah yes Qanon, real bastion of objectivity there.
List of channels, covering a variety of topics:

Amazing Polly

And We Know (Romans 8:28)

Blessed2Teach

Destroying the Illusion

Dollar Vigilante

Dr. Charlie Ward

Dustin Nemos

Free Your Mind

InTheMatrixxx

In Pursuit Of Truth (IPOT)

James Red Pills America

Storm Is Upon Us

JustInformed Talk

Know More News

Linda Paris

MouthyBuddha

Nemos News Network

Edge Of Wonder

Patriot News Channel

PrayingMedic

Sarah Westall

SGT Report

Spaceshot76

Stroppy

The Last American Vagabond

Titus Frost

TruReporting

Truth and Art TV

WokeSocieties

RedPill78

World Alternative Media

X22Report

Good Lion Films

Oliver Janich

Citizen of Gotham

L. Lin Wood

Sidney Powell

CodeMonkeyZ

Yeah, big bunch of Qanon channels, you must be so proud.