Canadian videos produced by far-right media outlet at centre of a US Department of Justice indictment were viewed half a million times

The far-right media outlet at the centre of a US Department of Justice indictment over an alleged foreign influence campaign involving covert funding from Russia also produced dozens and dozens of videos this year focused on Canada.

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Tenet Media’s YouTube channel, which counted 316,000 subscribers, went offline Thursday afternoon, nearly a day after the indictment was announced.

However, an analysis of Tenet Media YouTube content preserved by PressProgress prior to its takedown has identified at least 51 videos focused on topics relating to Canada, including videos focused on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other hot button right-wing culture war topics.

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  • bionicjoey
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    3 months ago

    And also probably some chunk of those views are from bots or otherwise not real trying to boost engagement metrics and game the algorithm