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The YouTube Effect

There was an organized effort to basically do SEO warfare,search engine warfare

[soft tense music] [Brianna]
There was an organized effort to basically do SEO warfare,
search engine warfare

Full Transcript

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[Brianna] There was an organized effort
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to basically do SEO warfare, search engine warfare.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:27
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
If I type your name into the Internet, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
If I type your name into the Internet,
So what Gamergate figured out - The YouTube Effect 00:17
So what Gamergate figured out
YouTube was a major part of the harassment that I received. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
YouTube was a major part of the harassment that I received.
[seagulls squawking] - The YouTube Effect 00:16
[seagulls squawking]
And so why should we be focusing on fixing - The YouTube Effect 00:07
And so why should we be focusing on fixing
And the thing is, - The YouTube Effect 00:13
And the thing is,
The Internet has created this, like, - The YouTube Effect 00:06
The Internet has created this, like,
And the platforms are making, just like they're minting money off of it. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
And the platforms are making, just like they're minting...
And so I don't agree that it is just a reflection of society. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
And so I don't agree that it is just a reflection of so...
[dramatic music] - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[dramatic music]
Their lust for hijacking people's attention - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Their lust for hijacking people's attention
The other issue of them publishing content - The YouTube Effect 00:09
The other issue of them publishing content
A gunman opened fire during a live TV news interview. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
A gunman opened fire during a live TV news interview.
A reporter and photographer with our CBS affiliate WDBJ - The YouTube Effect 00:08
A reporter and photographer with our CBS affiliate WDBJ
[male reporter] Andy Parker couldn't get video - The YouTube Effect 00:09
[male reporter] Andy Parker couldn't get video
[soft tense music] - The YouTube Effect 00:17
[soft tense music]
There must have been 25 to 50 pages of, you know, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
There must have been 25 to 50 pages of, you know,
And in the titles of it, a lot of it was, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
And in the titles of it, a lot of it was,
It's not like you can just call up Google customer service and go, - The YouTube Effect 00:15
It's not like you can just call up Google customer serv...
We also have thousands of people who help us with the enforcement. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
We also have thousands of people who help us with the enforc...