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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs anyone else getting deluged with transphobic "Epoch Times" bullshit...?
As if QAnon-adjacent movies arent bad enough in recent weeks, YouTube has been pounding me with ads from the far-right Falun Gong Epoch Times, plugging what appears to be a movie (undoubtedly based on a true story
) showing parents pressuring their children into changing their gender. I always skip these ads once the requisite five seconds are up, so I dont know if this is just something they have on the web, or whether its going to be the next surprise hit at the local multiplex, next to the biopic of the guy who claimed Wayfair was trafficking children.
Does anyone else know more about this garbage?
Warpy
(114,625 posts)I was cussing too loud to know what they were on about while I waited for the "skip this ad
to appear.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)I'm not sure how I got on their list in the first place.
ret5hd
(22,513 posts)and below the video?
Click that, a drop-down will have the option to Do not recommend channel
After doing that on a couple, it should fix that issue.
crosinski
(704 posts)Ive never noticed that option before.
Mike Niendorff
(3,653 posts)And I use that "block" function aggressively. It has cleaned up my news feed a LOT.
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czarjak
(13,648 posts)LunaSea
(2,934 posts)Enormous amounts seem to be spent for its distribution.
I've seen boxes outside convenience stores in the deep south.
Sympthsical
(10,986 posts)Huh. Never see them.
Anyway, while we're on the topic, have you ever seen . . . .
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They're kind of a small company nobody's heard of, tho.
erronis
(23,972 posts)I know but I steer as far away from it as I can. Another eyeball magnet to push content and ads.
Initech
(108,881 posts)If enough people do, every site will be forced to take action.
blm
(114,683 posts)They saw how easy it was for Moonies to actually gain control over a US governing partys communications network.
regnaD kciN
(27,658 posts)
titled Gender Transformation: The Untold Reality
. Apparently a docudrama dramatizing the life of a trans teen who transitioned, came to regret it, and eventually committed suicide. Its point seems to be that the medical and educational establishments, presumably in the service of the Woke Agenda, are trying to brainwash children into transitioning. It played at the Manhattan Film Festival (which, for all I know, might be a Falun Gong event), and now is streaming on their channel. It seems to have gotten overall favorable user reviews, but from people whose comments make it likely that they had an inclination to support the films agenda to begin with. Surprised it didnt get the exposure of the Q-adjacent flick, but I guess it didnt have as much promotion from right-wing backers.