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regnaD kciN

(27,658 posts)
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 08:20 PM Jul 2023

Is anyone else getting deluged with transphobic "Epoch Times" bullshit...?

As if QAnon-adjacent movies aren’t 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 don’t know if this is just something they have on the web, or whether it’s 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?

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Is anyone else getting deluged with transphobic "Epoch Times" bullshit...? (Original Post) regnaD kciN Jul 2023 OP
Dunno, but last night YouTube was blitzing GOP adverts Warpy Jul 2023 #1
I was getting email blasts from them recently and had to unsubscribe. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2023 #2
See the three dots on the right... ret5hd Jul 2023 #3
Thank you for that! crosinski Jul 2023 #8
On Google News, you can block them completely. Mike Niendorff Jul 2023 #12
Epoch Times was Q before Q was Q. czarjak Jul 2023 #4
Their "newspaper" shows up unwanted in my mail occasionally. LunaSea Jul 2023 #5
YouTube has ads? Sympthsical Jul 2023 #6
What's 'youtube'? erronis Jul 2023 #7
Just downvote and block that shit at every opportunity. Initech Jul 2023 #9
Epoch Times is Moonie News 2.0 blm Jul 2023 #10
I looked it up, and it is a feature film... regnaD kciN Jul 2023 #11

Warpy

(114,625 posts)
1. Dunno, but last night YouTube was blitzing GOP adverts
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 08:23 PM
Jul 2023

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)
2. I was getting email blasts from them recently and had to unsubscribe.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 08:23 PM
Jul 2023

I'm not sure how I got on their list in the first place.

ret5hd

(22,513 posts)
3. See the three dots on the right...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 08:24 PM
Jul 2023

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.

Mike Niendorff

(3,653 posts)
12. On Google News, you can block them completely.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 11:12 PM
Jul 2023

And I use that "block" function aggressively. It has cleaned up my news feed a LOT.


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LunaSea

(2,934 posts)
5. Their "newspaper" shows up unwanted in my mail occasionally.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 08:59 PM
Jul 2023

Enormous amounts seem to be spent for its distribution.
I've seen boxes outside convenience stores in the deep south.

Sympthsical

(10,986 posts)
6. YouTube has ads?
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:18 PM
Jul 2023

Huh. Never see them.

Anyway, while we're on the topic, have you ever seen . . . .

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(wait . . .)



They're kind of a small company nobody's heard of, tho.

erronis

(23,972 posts)
7. What's 'youtube'?
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:19 PM
Jul 2023

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)
9. Just downvote and block that shit at every opportunity.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:35 PM
Jul 2023

If enough people do, every site will be forced to take action.

blm

(114,683 posts)
10. Epoch Times is Moonie News 2.0
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 10:16 PM
Jul 2023

They saw how easy it was for Moonies to actually gain control over a US governing party’s communications network.

regnaD kciN

(27,658 posts)
11. I looked it up, and it is a feature film...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 11:08 PM
Jul 2023

…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 film’s agenda to begin with. Surprised it didn’t get the exposure of the Q-adjacent flick, but I guess it didn’t have as much promotion from right-wing backers.

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