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Alt-Right Activist Stefan Molyneux Banned from Youtube, Raises $100K in Crypto Donations

02/07/2020 by Idelto Editor

The founder of Freedomain, philosopher and alt-right activist, Stefan Molyneux, received more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency donations after he was banned from Youtube on June 29, 2020.

Stefan Molyneux is well known for his Youtube videos, podcasts, and books. His early Youtube videos describing the benefits of bitcoin have been lauded. While getting over $100k in bitcoin, dash, bitcoin cash, and ethereum donations this week, the alt-right activist has also joined the Lbry platform.

On June 29, Molyneux was banned from Youtube. Molyneux joins a number of popular alt-right activists, libertarians, and cryptocurrency advocates who have been banned from the platform. Just recently, Bitcoin.com’s official Youtube channel was banned but luckily it was reinstated.

Many cryptocurrency advocates abhor censorship and when Molyneux was banned the cryptocurrency community added $100k to his donation chest of coins.

At the website Freedomain.com, crypto supporters can find the coin addresses of all the crypto assets Molyneux website accepts. This includes bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH), dash (DASH), ethereum (ETH), and a few others.

A great majority of the funds donated to Molyneux stemmed from bitcoin cash (BCH) donations. There is approximately 444 BCH ($99,500) in Molyneux’s bitcoin cash address, and 3.82 BTC ($35,000) in the Freedomain bitcoin (BTC) wallet.

Looking at the block explorers of all six coins Molyneux accepts minus monero (XMR), people can see a flurry of small donations were sent after Molyneux was banned. After the Youtube ban, Molyneux did join Lbry.tv and he has 6,819 followers to-date.

The Freedomain podcaster also asked for crypto donations last January and a number of crypto enthusiasts asked him to support more coins.

“I have been demonetized on YouTube, but you can support me here, much appreciated my friend,” Molyneux wrote at the time. Molyneux was also a big influence on the voluntaryist and libertarian communities early in his career.

During the latter half of his career, many libertarians lost interest in Molyneux for his pro-Trump and alt-right activism. Molyneux has written 10 books that have gathered 600 million downloads, and he has also hosted 4,500 podcasts as well.

What do you think about Stefan Molyneux being banned on Youtube and raising $100,000 in crypto donations? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Youtube Reinstates Bitcoin.com’s Official Channel After Suspension

15/06/2020 by Idelto Editor

Just recently, the official Bitcoin.com Youtube channel was suspended and removed from the popular video platform. During the last 12 months, Youtube has censored information and banned cryptocurrency video coverage with no remorse. As the censorship continues to wreak havoc on innocent content creators, a number of people are migrating to decentralized platforms. On Monday, Youtube decided to reinstate the official Bitcoin.com channel and 40,000+ subscribers can once again watch our educational and informative content.

Youtube’s Blatant Censorship and Manipulation

A few days ago, Youtube had banned Bitcoin.com’s official video and streaming channel giving no reasons except a vague “violation of Youtube’s Terms of Service” accusation. The Google-owned video-sharing platform has been censoring and banning a number of content creators during the last year.

On May 18, 2020, news.Bitcoin.com reported on how Bitcoin.com’s official channel was warned for sharing a video about mining bitcoin. Prior to Bitcoin.com’s warning, Youtube was already censoring cryptocurrency news outlets and content creators and banning them in mass numbers. Youtube has also censored massive amounts of information in regards to the recent riots in America, and the Covid-19 outbreak as well. Not only that, but even though they claim to be protecting viewers, Youtube has allowed a myriad of scams to run rampant on the video-sharing platform to this day.

On June 13, 2020, Bitcoin.com was notified that the official Youtube account was banned. The Youtube channel offered resources and information, alongside cryptocurrency news coverage on a weekly basis. There is no given reason to why Youtube decided to shut the account down with over 40 thousand subscribers, besides the standard “a violation of Youtube’s Terms of Service” excuse. 12 hours ago, Bitcoin.com’s Roger Ver uploaded a video post to the r/btc subreddit called “Youtube is becoming a tool for social media manipulation and censorship.” In the video, Ver said he suspected that a number of “maximalists falsely reported” the channel.

Decentralized Video Sharing Alternatives, and an ‘Active Political Voice Within the Cryptocurrency Community’

Essentially, Youtube administrators had “basically no reason” to ban the official Bitcoin.com account, Ver stressed. After discussing the blatant censorship and bans, Ver discussed certain decentralized video and streaming services like Bitchute, Lbry.tv, and Dtube. He noted that these platforms still need to obtain a network effect, and that he was still discovering the benefits of each platform.

The censorship did not stop Bitcoin.com and our official channel has migrated to Lbry.tv, as our team has been uploading cryptocurrency video coverage on specific news stories. Bitcoin.com had also written an appeal letter to the Google-owned video-sharing operation and the letter details the company’s official account did no wrong.

“Bitcoin.com operates a long-standing Youtube channel delivering all-original education, news, and marketing content related to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and cryptocurrency in general,” explains a shortened version of Bitcoin.com’s appeal letter to Youtube. “We never violate Youtube’s copyright policies and we are always fully compliant with the Youtube Community Guidelines. We are a frequent contributor of cryptocurrency content and an active member of the cryptocurrency community as a whole. We are also a full-service cryptocurrency business, offering numerous licensed and regulatory-compliant services to our users.” The letter further states:

Bitcoin.com is also an active political voice within the cryptocurrency community. Our content often features our unique perspectives and opinions on the state of the cryptocurrency market. Unfortunately, we believe that due to our political activism we have been unfairly “brigaded” by political opponents who have abused the YouTube reporting mechanism to bring down our channel. We are seeking an immediate appeal of this issue.

Youtube has been manipulating narratives and censoring free speech for a long time now, and many observers are starting to realize this trend. The firm is a private company and it is allowed to do as it pleases, however, those who dislike censorship, centralization issues, and the banning of channels that haven’t violated anything, will most definitely migrate to better platforms in time. The methods of censorship Youtube is leveraging will only ruin the firm’s reputation going forward, until it becomes “the Myspace of video-sharing platforms.” Right now, people can start using Lbry, Dtube, and Bitchute and the myriad of other platforms that decentralize social media and video sharing applications. The tools are here, the world must be informed of the choices.

Youtube Reinstates Bitcoin.com’s Official Channel and Notes the Account Is Not in Violation of the Platform’s Terms of Service

On June 15, 2020, Youtube has reinstated the official Bitcoin.com account and explained that our channel is “not in violation of our Terms of Service.”

“As such, we have unsuspended your account. This means your account is once again active and operational,” the Youtube account notification letter reads. It’s great news that Youtube has found an error when they had banned our account, but it unfortunate that many content creators have to deal with such hassles.

Financial censorship and monetary manipulation are exactly why cryptocurrencies have thrived and in time decentralized solutions will eclipse many traditional platforms we all use today. Social media, video sharing, news reports, gaming, agriculture, healthcare, accounting, and literally every concept under the sun will be slowly transformed by Satoshi’s wonderful invention. Unfortunately, censorship tactics like Youtube’s methods are all too common, but provide people with a spark of energy to gravitate toward decentralized and honest platforms and mediums.

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Amid Youtube Censorship, Individuals Flock to Decentralized Video Sharing Apps Like Lbry.tv

31/05/2020 by Idelto Editor

In mid-May, news.Bitcoin.com reported on one of our mining pool videos being censored and banned from the video-sharing platform Youtube. The report had shown how Youtube has been censoring videos for a long time now, and the CEO specifically told the public certain coronavirus films would be removed. Youtube’s censorship has caused a number of individuals to search for decentralized video sharing platforms, and one particular project called Lbry.tv has been gathering a lot of traction.

Censored Youtubers Are Migrating to Lbry.tv

Censorship is abundant these days, as many of the massive social media platforms and video sharing sites are censored and policed on a regular basis. Just recently, Bitcoin.com’s official Youtube account was warned for sharing a video about bitcoin mining and people witnessed mass censorship on Youtube caused by the coronavirus.

Months before Covid-19, many crypto-focused Youtube channels were also banned and removed from the platform. The iron curtain tethered to Youtube has invoked a number of crypto advocates to leave and join a more decentralized concept called Lbry.

Lbry is a sharing platform that uses blockchain technology to enable users to publish material and get paid for doing so. People using Lbry’s service can monetize their published material with its built-in payment system. The creators of the Lbry project state:

Lbry is a new protocol that allows anyone to build apps that interact with digital content on the Lbry network. Apps built using the protocol allow creators to upload their work to the Lbry network of hosts (like Bittorrent), to set a price per stream or download (like iTunes) or give it away for free (like Youtube without ads). The work you publish could be videos, audio files, documents, or any other type of file.

Amid Mass Censorship, Individuals Flock to Decentralized Video Sharing Apps Like Lbry.tv — Lbry.tv.

In addition to the main Lbry blockchain, the project has also introduced Lbry.tv, a similar platform to the likes of Youtube but without censorship and centralization. The creators of Lbry call the platform Lbry.tv, “a nearly feature-complete web version of Lbry desktop, a browser for the Lbry network.”

Because of the censorship and centralized video sharing platforms manipulating video shares and adding horrible advertisements, many people have migrated to the Lbry platform for quite some time now. The developers behind the project note that the video sharing portal has:

Hundreds of huge YouTubers, like Veritasium, minutephysics, John Stossel, and 3Blue1Brown. Tens of thousands of popular YouTubers co-publish or publish unique content to LBRY.
Hollywood films, including the catalog from Oscilloscope Studios, which includes award-winning films starring actors like James Franco, Julia Stiles, David Cross and more.
Creators who stand up for free speech and free expression like Jordan Peterson, Benjamin Boyce, Justin Murphy, and more.
20,000 top college lectures that almost disappeared forever due to the threat of censorship.
All kinds of weird and original gems.

Decentralized and Censorship-Resistant Social Media and Video Sharing Platforms Will Someday be the Norm

It will take some time, but censorship-resistant and decentralized platforms will someday be the new norm. The masses are slowly beginning to see the problem and there are tools out there that can decentralize social media and video sharing techniques across the web.

Platforms that pay content producers and artists directly, instead of large fractions of profits going to middlemen like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Youtube. There are projects like Twetch decentralizing Twitter and concepts like Memo.cash removing third parties from social media forums. Lbry.tv is an alternative to Youtube, Amazon, and other hosting sites. It may be nascent project and may not even be the end solution, but its a start in the right direction.

What do you think about Lbry and Lbry.tv? Let us know in the comments below.

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