BitChute

BitChute
A tilted black square with white text reading "BIT", followed by red text reading "CHUTE"
Type of site
Online video platform
Available inEnglish
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Created byRay Vahey
ParentBit Chute Limited
URLwww.bitchute.com Edit this at Wikidata
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedJanuary 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01)
Current statusActive

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]

  1. ^ a b Maxwell, Andy (29 January 2017). "BitChute is a BitTorrent-Powered YouTube Alternative". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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  3. ^ a b c Dearden, 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.
  4. ^ a b Daro, 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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  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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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