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🔎 Investigation: YouTube is profiting from conspiracy videos about Sir Keir Starmer, Covid-19 vaccines, 5G and misogyny https://t.co/9zgSD4JIif
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) February 14, 2022
YouTube, which is owned by Google, is using an algorithm to serve up adverts from organisations including Amnesty, Vodafone, Disney and HelloFresh, the meal-kit provider, alongside disturbing content
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) February 14, 2022
The video, which has been viewed more than 150,000 times, comprises footage of prime minister’s questions. It is titled “Boris blames Keir for letting off evil BBC Saville (sic) 👏 Huge Starmer Fail”
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) February 14, 2022
Alex Belfield, a former BBC Radio 2 presenter, is the video’s creator who is awaiting trial for charges of stalking Jeremy Vine and seven other former colleagues
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) February 14, 2022
Belfield did not comment on the record but said that he did not feature in the Starmer video. He claimed he had been suspended by YouTube
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) February 14, 2022
Read the full investigation here: https://t.co/9zgSD4JIif
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) February 14, 2022
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