After Youtuber Michou's channel, it's the turn of the “
ThinkerView
” debate group to disappear from YouTube.
The page, which has nearly a million subscribers, was suspended earlier this week by the video host.
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The maneuver is not ideological, the content of the creators does not conflict with the general conditions of use of the platform.
The problem lies elsewhere.
This channel, like Michou's, has been hacked.
Hackers have managed to take over the ThinkerView channel to share videos of cryptocurrency scams.
ThinkerView's YouTube page before its suspension Screenshot @Korben
More accurately, ThinkerView's page was rebranded as "
Tesla LIVE
" and broadcast a supposedly live talk from Elon Musk.
On the side, it was indicated that the Tesla brand distributed 5000 bitcoins (equivalent to 185 million euros) to those who connected to a website.
“
First come, first served!
This maneuver allowed the hackers to steal money from their victims.
The video broadcast on the Thinkerview channel, with the cryptocurrency scam Screenshot
This content has been identified by YouTube's algorithm as fraudulent.
The ThinkerView page has therefore been suspended to prevent unsophisticated users from falling into the trap.
Coming back online
A YouTube spokesperson explains to
Le Figaro
that it takes "
some time
" to undo a deletion, because it systematically requires human intervention to verify that a hack has indeed taken place.
ThinkerView's channel should be "
promptly brought back online
".
Fraudulent content will be removed, and the rest will be reinstated.
Michou's channel, which had been hacked on Saturday, came back online at the end of the day on Monday.
The American platform insists on the need to properly protect access to your account to avoid suspensions and reinstatements which can take time.