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2018 YouTube report
In 2018, Rebecca Lewis released a report on a network of YouTube accounts that uplifted people and channels associated with the alt-right or “reactionary right” movement. The report was focused on white nationalism and far-right extremism, but the same “mainstream” conservative accounts have frequently been involved in laundering anti-transgender extremism into mainstream media.
YouTube personalities mentioned include:
- Carl Benjamin
- Owen Benjamin
- Steven Kenneth Bonnell II / Destiny
- Mike Cernovich
- Lauren Chen / Roaming Millennial
- Steven Crowder
- James Damore
- Nicholas Fuentes
- Brooks Russell Heatherly / No Bullshit
- Andrew Klavan
- Michael Knowles
- Felix Lace / Black Pigeon Speaks
- Gavin McInnes
- Stefan Molyneux
- James O’Keefe
- Candace Owens
- Jordan Peterson
- Tim Pool
- Dennis Prager
- Joe Rogan
- Dave Rubin
- Ben Shapiro
- Lauren Southern
- Blaire White
- Milo Yiannopoulos
References
Lewis, Rebecca (September 18, 2018). Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube. Data & Society https://datasociety.net/library/alternative-influence/ [PDF]
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