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mahina

(17,625 posts)
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:36 PM Aug 2016

How did the trumpers hack YouTube? Go search Hillary, all you'll see is "illness".

This post by DUer DaveJ notes that YouTube appears to have been compromised for trump.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512378048#post25

"I know that there's probably not much you can do about this. But I'm finding it frustrating that when I go to YouTube and type "Trump" in the search box, I get lots of results that make him look sane, which I know he's not, and when I type "Hillary" I got lots of results that make her look like the devil, when I know she's actually a fine person. So, it seems like YouTube has been compromised by lots of Fox News videos (maybe by their new web team). Again, it's probably unlikely that anyone reading this can do anything about it. It was just so frustrating, and it concerns me greatly. Maybe it's temporary, and the Hillary team is on it. Or maybe it's just my account. Anyway, I had to mention it. I hope they get this worked out. I'm sure the Hillary team has people on it. Alright. Thank you. "

I see only pro trump and anti Hillary videos now and that does not reflect my history.

I hope DUers in this thread go to YouTube and see for themselves, and that someone can get this to the campaign asap to fight back.

We'll be hearing more exhortations to go look for videos because they know the results are hacked. I hope we can hack it back to a point where when I type in Hillary, I don't get "illness". To try and fight back I entered Hillary educated, experienced, fair, wise, smart, competent and trump arrogant, idiot, foolish racist, hateful, unprepared, inexperienced, taxes, bigot. One drop in the bucket.

Anybody here who can help?

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How did the trumpers hack YouTube? Go search Hillary, all you'll see is "illness". (Original Post) mahina Aug 2016 OP
Try Google search for "Donald Trump" first then request videos. In_The_Wind Aug 2016 #1
Mahalo, but I've seen them and heard Hillary's speeches. Am noting that YouTube has been mahina Aug 2016 #3
No you aren't noting that YouTube has been hacked mythology Aug 2016 #32
OK, great, please enlighten me. mahina Aug 2016 #35
The Internet is for trolls. onehandle Aug 2016 #2
Not really. Just happened, and right before Giuliani tells people to go online and look for Hillary mahina Aug 2016 #4
That's not happening for me. librarylu Aug 2016 #5
That's a relief but I'd like to hear from many DU'ers to get a read. mahina Aug 2016 #6
This came up first: librarylu Aug 2016 #7
Here are my results. Avalux Aug 2016 #8
Right? Totally different than every other search prior, for me. mahina Aug 2016 #11
I am also getting a bunch of videos about her "illness." The videos have VERY few views so the fact anneboleyn Aug 2016 #27
I just searched "Hillary." Trumpers are clearly interfering with search results. anneboleyn Aug 2016 #28
Same as me then. Avalux Aug 2016 #34
When I search YouTube for Hillary I don't get anything related to illness oberliner Aug 2016 #9
What are the text choices that come up for you? mahina Aug 2016 #10
I get videos from ABC News, MSNBC, Fox, PBS, and Hillary's campaign website oberliner Aug 2016 #12
Thanks oberliner. When you enter "Hillary" in the search bar, what words appear beneath that? mahina Aug 2016 #13
The words are "illness, exposed, speech, DNC, lies, pokemon go, email" oberliner Aug 2016 #14
People, or bots mahina Aug 2016 #15
Interesting oberliner Aug 2016 #16
True enough but this pitching the idea, a complete lie, that she is unwell is as aick mahina Aug 2016 #17
Bots can search the terms and skew the results (not even real Trumpers just cheap hacking) anneboleyn Aug 2016 #30
Me neither. mahina Aug 2016 #36
My guess is paid Trump bots are "searching" "illness" as that was the first result for me also anneboleyn Aug 2016 #29
I'm just worried he's dominated the channel with garbage. mahina Aug 2016 #31
Maybe that's what $8 mil buys SticksnStones Aug 2016 #18
Ding dingding mahina Aug 2016 #20
Good plan... SticksnStones Aug 2016 #21
Read you but what else can we do? mahina Aug 2016 #22
You do what you can do, right? SticksnStones Aug 2016 #23
Roger, and hope he stays finished. mahina Aug 2016 #24
AUG 22 2016, 1:13 PM ET Giuliani Fuels Clinton Health Rumors Again ... and Again Stellar Aug 2016 #19
I can attest to what you're saying, mahina. blue neen Aug 2016 #25
Delete all your cookies relayerbob Aug 2016 #26
It's not only that Shankapotomus Aug 2016 #33

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
1. Try Google search for "Donald Trump" first then request videos.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:47 PM
Aug 2016

John Oliver Asks Donald Trump To "DROP OUT" Last Week Tonight ...
Video for donald trump▶ 10:27


16 hours ago - Uploaded by NextWeekTomorrow
on "Last Week Tonight", John Oliver asks the "racist voodoo doll made of discarded cat hair" Donald Trump To ...


John Oliver - Message to Donald Trump - YouTube
Video for donald trump▶ 4:50

8 hours ago - Uploaded by consumer
No one but Kim Jong and Donald Trump is stupid enough to use nuclear weapons in this day and ... Look, I'm ...


I added the 24 hour limit to my search.

mahina

(17,625 posts)
3. Mahalo, but I've seen them and heard Hillary's speeches. Am noting that YouTube has been
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:51 PM
Aug 2016

Hacked to show only negative videos for Hillary and positive for the Cheeto Benito.

Maybe more people will google than go to YouTube directly. Here's hoping, and also hoping that the Hillary campaign can get this problem resolved.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
32. No you aren't noting that YouTube has been hacked
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:31 PM
Aug 2016

You're going along with a completely unfounded conspiracy put forth by people who don't understand the broad strokes of the YouTube algorithm. It's really not that hard to grasp.

mahina

(17,625 posts)
4. Not really. Just happened, and right before Giuliani tells people to go online and look for Hillary
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:53 PM
Aug 2016

Illness.

The lies from these people, when seen together, are astounding.

We disregard the effect of biased information to our (and the world's) peril.

librarylu

(503 posts)
5. That's not happening for me.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:53 PM
Aug 2016

In fact, my recommended list is almost all videos critical of Trump.

On a general YouTube search for "Hillary" her sweeping the electorals came up second.

I was getting Trump ads on YouTube and here (also NRA and tacky T-shirts) and nothing I did though Google would stop them. I finally installed Adblock and now only watch ballet and John Oliver on YouTube after a couple of days of reading comments on Trump unloading Play Doh (he's such a hero while Hillary napped and Obama played golf).

Peace at last.

mahina

(17,625 posts)
6. That's a relief but I'd like to hear from many DU'ers to get a read.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:54 PM
Aug 2016

You're the first person I've heard from who isn't getting hacked results.

A bright spot! Hoping it's turned around. Mahalo.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
8. Here are my results.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 04:49 PM
Aug 2016

When I search "Hillary Clinton" in Youtube, I get a mixture of videos, some positive, but also a lot of them are about her health and just plain nasty. Probably a 50/50 mixture.

When I search "Donald Trump" in Youtube, they're all positive; a lot of them are about him wanting to help African-Americans.

There's definitely bias from what I'm seeing.

mahina

(17,625 posts)
11. Right? Totally different than every other search prior, for me.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 05:22 PM
Aug 2016

For Hillary, in the past I'd see speeches and positive material, for trump, his assholic racist mean attack stuff.

No longer.

Still hoping it was a coordinated buy with hackers and a one off that the web is recovering from now. I appreciate your looking.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
27. I am also getting a bunch of videos about her "illness." The videos have VERY few views so the fact
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:15 PM
Aug 2016

that they are all popping up suddenly suggests that YouTube has a problem with Trump morons hacking the site. I have never even searched for Hillary-related videos on YouTube so the fact that I get a bunch of videos about Hillary's "illness" with low numbers of viewers (like maybe 1,345 viewers each -- not a viral video with millions of viewers) is definitely weird.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
34. Same as me then.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:46 PM
Aug 2016

I've never searched for Hillary on youtube either; it's bizarre those would come up without a helping hand.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
9. When I search YouTube for Hillary I don't get anything related to illness
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 04:51 PM
Aug 2016

Literally zero such videos on the first page of hits.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
12. I get videos from ABC News, MSNBC, Fox, PBS, and Hillary's campaign website
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 05:23 PM
Aug 2016

Also one from TMZ about her and Paul McCartney.

The others include everything from videos about the emails to her speech at the convention.

mahina

(17,625 posts)
13. Thanks oberliner. When you enter "Hillary" in the search bar, what words appear beneath that?
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:10 PM
Aug 2016

Mahalo!

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
14. The words are "illness, exposed, speech, DNC, lies, pokemon go, email"
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:14 PM
Aug 2016

Does that mean a lot of people are searching for those terms?

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
16. Interesting
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:18 PM
Aug 2016

I confess to not really understanding how this sort of thing works, but I do know there are a ton of crackpots who post garbage on Youtube.

mahina

(17,625 posts)
17. True enough but this pitching the idea, a complete lie, that she is unwell is as aick
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:25 PM
Aug 2016

As anything. And for it to come up the day that Giulani tells anyone listening to go online and look for the videos. We need a rapid response that this is complete bullshit. I hope we can fight this breotbart tactic and show them as the lying cheaters they are.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
29. My guess is paid Trump bots are "searching" "illness" as that was the first result for me also
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:19 PM
Aug 2016

and yet very few people are actually WATCHING the videos so it looks like paid bots to me. How pathetic.

mahina

(17,625 posts)
31. I'm just worried he's dominated the channel with garbage.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:26 PM
Aug 2016

The context just changed and I'd love to figure out how to judo this thing to make it work for us but I don't see how.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
18. Maybe that's what $8 mil buys
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:36 PM
Aug 2016

The Trump campaign paid well over $8 million for digital consulting/online advertising for the month of August.

A connection there?





Source doc. http://docquery.fec.gov/pres//2016/M8/C00580100/B_PURPOSE_C00580100.html

mahina

(17,625 posts)
20. Ding dingding
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:43 PM
Aug 2016

I bet it's offshore too.

With everybody's forbearance, I'm going to write a post asking DUers to counter the effort by typing "Hillary" and positive attributes in the YouTube search bars.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
21. Good plan...
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:46 PM
Aug 2016

But we'd still be up against a paid digital army...don't know if we can make enough of an impact.

But I'm game ~

mahina

(17,625 posts)
24. Roger, and hope he stays finished.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:56 PM
Aug 2016

If anyone deserved a permanent home in the dustbin of oblivion, national amnesia, it's him.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
19. AUG 22 2016, 1:13 PM ET Giuliani Fuels Clinton Health Rumors Again ... and Again
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:37 PM
Aug 2016
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/giuliani-fuels-clinton-health-rumors-again-again-n635841

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday continued to insist that Hillary Clinton's physical and mental health is failing but again offered no evidence beyond unsubstantiated or debunked theories circulating on the Internet.

Over the weekend, Giuliani, who is a close adviser to GOP nominee Donald Trump, urged people to look for videos on the Internet that support such theories. "Go online and put down 'Hillary Clinton illness,' take a look at the videos for yourself," Giuliani urged on "Fox News Sunday."




Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
33. It's not only that
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:36 PM
Aug 2016

Apparently, Hillary is actually all these things:

A lizard alien
A shape shifter
Possessed by demons and
A clone

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