The Making of a YouTube Radical - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/08/technology/youtube-radical.html?campaign_id=158&emc=edit_ot_20200420&instance_id=17796
Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube. Soon, he was pulled into a far-right universe, watching thousands of videos filled with conspiracy theories, misogyny and racism. “I was brainwashed.” Martinsburg, W.Va. — Caleb Cain pulled a Glock pistol from his waistband, took out the magazine and casually tossed both onto the kitchen counter. “I bought it the day after I got death threats,” he said. The threats, Mr. Cain explained, came from right-wing trolls (...)
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