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Police body cam of a YouTube ‘view farm’ sting operation in Brazil
Posted on 3/23/26 at 12:30 am
Posted on 3/23/26 at 12:30 am
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- The post features bodycam footage from a December 2025 Brazilian police raid in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, exposing a hidden room with over 300 cell phones mounted on walls and ceilings to artificially inflate YouTube video views, primarily for music monetization.
- This "view farm" operation, which evaded detection for months, highlights the scale of fake engagement fraud; a 2022 peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives estimated such bots distort up to 15% of global online traffic, eroding trust in digital metrics.
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:50 am to hawgfaninc
Not even sure how this is illegal. Who gives a shite. All this does is protect the pocketbook of tech billionaires. Not sure why we are expending resources as a society to prosecute this.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 4:12 am to hawgfaninc
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a hidden room with over 300 cell phones mounted on walls and ceilings to artificially inflate YouTube video views
Posted on 3/23/26 at 4:23 am to Pax Regis
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Not even sure how this is illegal. Who gives a shite. All this does is protect the pocketbook of tech billionaires. Not sure why we are expending resources as a society to prosecute this.
You should be annoyed that algorithms are manipulated to show you stuff based off this instead of organic activity. You really dont see the downstream issues with these operations?
Posted on 3/23/26 at 5:19 am to tiggerthetooth
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You should be annoyed that algorithms are manipulated to show you stuff based off this instead of organic activity. You really dont see the downstream issues with these operations?
And he should be more annoyed that this is pretty clearly AI but he fell for it.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 5:20 am to tiggerthetooth
I always see these videos in my feed that were submitted within the last few days and already have tens of thousands of views and zero comments. Usually an AI voice over in those. I've always been suspicious of the view counts. I have a small YT page for my music but just let the views come organically. I don't promote my page and what views I get I'm happy with. I do feel for those that use YT and other platforms as an honest side hustle and have to spend a large portion of their time promoting their product or brand against a scam like this.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 6:04 am to hawgfaninc
what should the punishment be for posting AI videos
Posted on 3/23/26 at 6:31 am to hawgfaninc
Your own post says the video is AI, fricking idiot.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 6:33 am to hawgfaninc
Clown World posting AI slop targeted at old people? Say it ain't so
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 6:34 am
Posted on 3/23/26 at 6:42 am to hawgfaninc
SFP uses a similar setup to keep his post count up.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:53 am to hawgfaninc
Without even realizing this is AI, you should have known this was fake simply by asking yourself why Brazil would care about this?
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:05 am to hawgfaninc
So they inflated the views of the superbowl halftime. Makes sense
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