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Right now YouTube has a big scammer problem. People impersonate channel owners and reply to comments on their videos with phishing links. Several creators I fol
by mbrameld 4y ago
Right now YouTube has a big scammer problem. People impersonate channel owners and reply to comments on their videos with phishing links. Several creators I follow are now putting a warning at the beginning of their videos to help educate people, but it seems like this is something YouTube could and should fix.
Another probable issue is the upcoming Supreme Court decision about Section 230 protections. Maybe Wojcicki sees that writing on the wall.
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- _gabe_ 4y ago> People impersonate channel owners and reply to comments on their videos with phishing links Not only this, YouTube literally allows scammers to run ads and you can't report it. I saw an ad with Mr. Beast pop up offering $1,000 to the first X people to click on it. I clicked, because it sounds like something he would do and I was curious and figured YouTube wouldn't let a scammer advertise. Once I landed on the page it was immediately clear from the domain that it was a scam, but the page looked legit. It's astounding that YouTube is alright with openly running scammers ads for them.