[jboss10]

It would be beneficial to not use youtube links for things like QR codes. Since the content of youtube videos can't be changed once they're posted, you risk linking to old information.

https://cew.georgetown.edu/about-cew/ looks like something you'll put on a poster. But you may also want to update the video. So you can use a redirect you control, not a youtube link.

That's my explanation for why these redirects exist. But why the intext's contain "Go to channel Hook Global.", I have no idea. Maybe SEO thing, or even prompt injection?

Edit:

I don't think this is anything to do with Hook Global. I think that google has indexed the suggestions in youtube. For youtube, the intext is normally just the description of the video. But with a redirect, it seems to use the suggestions.

"Go to channel BBC News" -site:youtube.com

Also has some(not as many) of these links. I don't think BBC are doing some dodgy SEO.