TheBorderline

TheBorderline is a former Italian YouTube channel founded by Matteo Di Pietro known for their vlog and challenge videos. The group consisted of Di Pietro himself, along with Vito Loiacono, Alessio Ciaffaroni, Leonardo Golinelli and Giulia Giannandrea.
==History==
The channel was created on September 25, 2020, and published their first video on December 24, 2020, which is them giving €1,000 ($1,095 USD) to the homeless. Sometime in 2021, their channel started to gain traction and began getting over 500,000 views per video.
==Criticism and controversy==
===MrBeast copy===
Many internet users, including YouTubers such as Cr1TiKaL,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGA2MWNnsoU have accused TheBorderline of copying their content from MrBeast. They point out the often eerily similar thumbnails and personalities within the videos. TheBorderline cited MrBeast as a "source of inspiration" in their old About page.https://web.archive.org/web/20230618205653/https://www.youtube.com/@TheBorderline/about
===Lamborghini crash incident===
On June 14, 2023, the group participated in a challenge requiring them to spend 50 hours in a Lamborghini Urus. The challenge involved prizes for those who completed it. While driving the vehicle, Di Pietro allegedly taunted and mocked other drivers whilst speeding and attempting an overtake maneuver. 
He then collided head-on with a Smart ForFour, driven by a 35-year-old mother, accompanied by her 5-year-old son and her 4-year-old daughter. The 5-year-old died while his sister and mother sustained significant injuries. Matteo Salvini, the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, stated "A five-year-old boy died just outside Rome, apparently a social media challenge involving five YouTubers in a Lamborghini was taking place and they crushed this child. If you are a repeat offender and take a person’s life because you are a jerk behind the wheel, you don’t see your license for the rest of your life, it’s not like I suspend it for a few months."https://www.carscoops.com/2023/06/boy-killed-in-lamborghini-crash-while-allegedly-filming-youtube-challenge/
On June 24, 2023, one of the main people for TheBorderline channel, Casal Palocco, was sentenced to house arrest.https://www.breakinglatest.news/health/the-youtuber-of-the-borderline-investigated-for-road-homicide-for-the-accident-in-casal-palocco-2/
====Response====
On June 18, 2023, the group published a 40 second video, simply titled "14/06/2023" with the text saying:
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When translated, they said that they express to the family of the 5-year-old son, and what happened left everyone marked with "a deep wound." The group mentioned that the idea of the group was to entertain a young audience, and will stop uploading content indefinitely when the message is published. New comments on all of their videos are marked for review, and their response video have no comments, meaning that comments that are sent after June 17 aren't sent and marked.
Before the video was published, they began deleting multiple videos from June 15 to June 21.https://web.archive.org/web/20230622170258/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/theborderlinetbl/monthly
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*1,000 subscribers: February 2021
*10,000 subscribers: April 2021
*100,000 subscribers: August 23, 2021
*500,000 subscribers: October 24, 2022
===Video view milestones===
*1 million video views: May 2021
*10 million video views: August 14, 2021
*100 million video views: October 1, 2022
==References==
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Category:Vlogging YouTubers
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