PewTube

pew.tube was a YouTube alternative operated by Anthony Mayfield with the self-proclaimed intention of being censorship-free.http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/10/technology/culture/divided-we-code-alt-tech/index.html This appears to be just a dogwhistle, as the creator frequently supported alt-right positions and attacks leftists. Fittingly, the website was flooded with alt-right and conspiracist videos.
As of October 2017, pew.tube received between 100,000 and 500,000 monthly visits.https://www.similarweb.com/website/pew.tubehttp://www.rank2traffic.com/pew.tube The site failed to gain any substantial support, and faded away in 2018. isitdownrightnow.com, 24 April 2019. In March 2020, PewTube’s Gab account announced NodeTube, an open source version of the PewTube code. gab.com/pewtube, 23 October 2020.
==Self-identification==
PewTube declares that it is a YouTube and SoundCloud alternative. However, its focus on free speech is specifically directed against political correctness:
PewTube's name is based on PewDiePie, a videogame streamer.
==Content==
Because the website has a no-censorship policy, users are free to post whatever legal content they want. The website's content is currently dominated by alt-right- and 4chan-friendly videos. On 12 November 2017, some of the most popular videos of all time were:https://pew.tube/media/popular
* "Moldylocks camgirl session raided by 4chan", allegedly depicting a woman who got sucker punched by Identity Evropa founder Nathan Benjamin Damigo in Berkeleyhttps://pew.tube/user/pol/8VxcmGE
* "Episode 1: The reddit cuck discovers pol", featuring typical alt-right glorification of /pol/ (3k views)https://pew.tube/user/59922cf2593f020010d73220/59922da8593f020010d73221
* "Rare Hitler Speech (English Subtitles) 1939 Defeat of Poland" (3k views)https://pew.tube/user/warrenharper28/mlpHhwj
* "Trump Won't Win Montage 2" (2k views)https://pew.tube/user/Bob/yfRPmS7
* "INSANE MANDALAY BAY FOOTAGE- PROOF OF MULTIPLE SHOOTERS", posted by "Go_Full_Breivik_1488" (2k views)https://pew.tube/user/Go_Full_Breivik_1488/jF3Xugt
* "Obvious Multiple Shooters At Las Vegas", posted by "LasVegasResearch" (1k views)https://pew.tube/user/LasVegasResearch/Ik6J1sg
While PewTube may have problematic videos, their terms of service do nominally censor libel, porn, stalking, bullying, promotion of crime, promotion of terrorism, copyright violation, and viruses., Pew.Tube
==Gab.ai posts==
PewTube's Gab.ai account reads exactly like an alt-righter:
PewTube is also pleased to be mentioned on GoyFundMe.
==Censorship of leftists==
Leftists allege that PewTube has removed their very-popular videos (including the anthem of the USSR and an audiobook of the Communist Manifesto).http://archive.is/TqGWjhttps://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/6x7xgl/ahahahaha_pewtube_a_censorshipfree_alternative_to/https://www.reddit.com/r/ChapoTrapHouse/comments/6x88kl/censorship_free_alternative_to_youtube_has/ After these deletions, PewTube changed its signup page to read:
They later changed it to:
In response, PewTube asserted that the censorship was merely a response to a coordinated attack against PewTube by the far-left:Regarding The Far-Left Attacks On PewTube by PewTube
Later, PewTube tweeted its full acceptance of a far-left channel:https://twitter.com/Pew_Tube_/status/930248704195551232?p=v
AntifaBostonUSA appears to be a fake antifa account: All of their tweets are absurd and all of their retweets are of other fake antifa accounts.
==External links==
*pew.tube Offline
:*Account on Gab.ai
:*Account on Twitter
:*Account on Facebook
*github.com/mayeaux/nodetube Code of the open source port of PewTube, NodeTube
:*newtube.app Main instance
==References==
Category:Alt-right
Category:Internet hate sites
Category:Webshites
Category:Social media