BitChute is an alt-tech video hosting service launched by Ray Vahey in January 2017.[1] It describes itself as offering freedom of speech,[2][3] while the service is known for hosting far-right individuals, conspiracy theorists, and hate speech.[a][b] Some creators who use BitChute have been banned from YouTube; some others crosspost content to both platforms or post more extreme content only to BitChute.[4][16] Before its deprecation, BitChute claimed to use peer-to-peer WebTorrent technology for video distribution,[1] though this was disputed.[17][18]
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^ abcDearden, Lizzie (22 July 2020). "Inside the UK-based site that has become the far right's YouTube". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ abDaro, Ishmael N.; Lytvynenko, Jane (18 April 2018). "Right-Wing YouTubers Think It's Only A Matter Of Time Before They Get Kicked Off The Site". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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^Robertson, Adi (9 October 2017). "Two months ago, the internet tried to banish Nazis. No one knows if it worked". The Verge. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^Livni, Ephrat (12 May 2019). "Twitter, Facebook, and Insta bans send the alt-right to Gab and Telegram". Quartz. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019. The far right have plenty of places to go when they are no longer welcome on mainstream platforms—like Parler, Minds, MeWe, and BitChute, among others.
^Doward, Jamie; Townsend, Mark (28 June 2020). "The UK social media platform where neo-Nazis can view terror atrocities". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^Tighe, Mark; Galvin, Joe (31 January 2021). "Facebook acts as conspiracy theories on Covid in Ireland go viral". The Times. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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deprecation, BitChute claimed to use peer-to-peer WebTorrent technology for video distribution, though this was disputed. BitChute Limited, BitChute's corporate...
Retrieved December 12, 2020. "GypsyCrusader-20210302-bitchute-rip-480p". "GypsyCrusader on BitChute". BitChute. Retrieved February 25, 2021. "GypsyCrusader News...
far-right content, such as the social network Gab, video hosting service BitChute, and conspiracy theory website InfoWars. It was described in 2019 by Vice...
on certain alt-tech platforms such as Parler, BitChute, and Gab. The CST stated that the website BitChute was hosting videos from National Action, a neo-Nazi...
promoted conspiracy theories and far-right extremism on Omegle, as well as on BitChute, Discord, and Telegram, such as a video of him mimicking the murder of...
mid-2020, Brookes streamed uploaded multiple videos of himself to DLive and BitChute, where he wore racist outfits, including blackface and stereotypical outfits...
prank. A viral video purported to be released by WikiLeaks was uploaded to BitChute, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms and blogs with a title:...
Publishing. "The Indoctrinated Brain- Dr. Michael Nehls With Tucker Carlson". BitChute. "What Alex Jones, Woody Allen and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Share". The New...
on January 27 after reportedly being released in the house "for a comedy bit." Patrick Cole, a spokesman for the Tiverton-based sanctuary, claimed that...
users were reported to have migrated to other alt-tech websites including BitChute, Clapper, CloutHub, DLive, Gab, MeWe, Minds, Rumble, and Wimkin, as well...
and The Guardian were some of the major news sites that were affected. BitChute Vimeo Odysee Spangler, Todd (December 13, 2016). "Startup Vidme Raises...
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