'YouTube alternative' is paying terrorists and hate groups in crypto, report
Odysee , the self-proclaimed blockchain-based YouTube alternative and LBRY subsidiary is report edly “providing a steady income stream” to hate group s and extremists via its crypto -based revenue system. This is according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) first-ever Digital Threat Report. Odysee uses the same technology that underpins its parent LBRY protocol and which its creator, former CEO, and crypto enthusiast Jeremy Kauffman describes as “the most censorship-resistant system to ever exist for the purposes of publishing digital content.” Obysse also offers its own crypto called LBRY Credits (LBC) that creators can earn based on metrics like viewership numbers. It also accepts traditional payment methods like subscription fees and creator tips. However, the SPLC claims that this crypto-based system, coupled with a “lax stance” on content moderation, makes Odysee “ popular with content creators who have been removed from other sites for viola...