Edited sentence: " Billboard's theory was never confirmed by YouTube." The Huffington Post reported, "The cuts affected marquee names like Rhianna, Beyoncé and Justin Bieber".Billboard also reported, "they weren't "faked" or even double counted when they went on to Vevo, but because the videos are no longer on the channel, YouTube considers them "dead videos".Buying fame or YouTube views has become a controversial topic which many news outlets have reported the simplicity and dangers of.In 2012, YouTube enforced their view count policies which caused 2 billion video views to disappear from major record labels such as Sony Music and Universal.In December of 2013, The Daily Dot, News Corp Australia & Cinema Blend all reported a viral marketing company known as Swenzy and a connection between the 2012 View Count Scandal.This was an enforcement of our view count policy.Those notable musicians were caught in the scandal along with their record labels for buying youtube views.YouTube announced, "This was not a bug or a security breach