From aosfatos: An analysis of 47 pieces of live footage of the assault on Brasilia on YouTube finds at least 23 of them had some form of monetization strategy.
Pro-Bolsonaro terrorists profited from the invasion of Brazil’s Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court by broadcasting the act on YouTube, an Aos Fatos investigation has found. Although theprohibits “content intended to praise, promote, or aid violent extremist or criminal organizations,” extremists could broadcast the demonstrations live and use the videos to receive donations from supporters.
Those videos amassed more than 300,000 views showing Bolsonaro supporters ravaging buildings in Brasília and confronting police officers sent to control the demonstrations. Some YouTube users only rebroadcasted footage from other online sources, while others participated in the invasion. Some of the videos of the attack have been taken down by the channel owners.
Today, Brazil’s Attorney General asked the Supreme Court to order social media platforms to demonetize profiles promoting terrorist acts.“Bishop Santana”, owner of a channel with 579,000 subscribers. He wasn’t at the acts but requested donations through pix . He had at least 18,000 simultaneous viewers;
The owner of the channel Barba Notícias monetized his videos on YouTube and asked for pix donations. He recorded his journey to the demonstrations, although he moved away during the confrontation with the police;
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