Talk:Elsagate

I'm unsure whether this topic is relevant to this wiki...

The goal of the wiki is to "document a new generation of consumer exploitation that bears no resemblance to issues of the 1950s-1990s". Is this topic relevant ? Is Elsagate consumer exploitation ? Or is it simply the unfortunate inevitability of the existence of the Internet ? I'm unsure... Plankton (talk) 15:38, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

it's exploitation through the negligence of Google. I'm still developing the article, but if you've seen what I've written so far, you'd notice especially in V2 how they're literally making mature content as "kid-friendly", against the wishes of the uploader JamesTDG (talk) 01:30, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Source dump

Sources that I either referenced and not yet included, or plan to include after further analysis. BE SURE TO CHECK THE ARTICLE IN EDIT MODE! Some sources are instead left there for organization purposes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate

https://noirnexus.com/2025/04/23/the-never-ending-elsagate-problem/

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/8/16751206/elsagate-youtube-kids-creepy-conspiracy-theory

https://www.reddit.com/r/ElsaGate/comments/v0cjpc/why_is_this_still_on_youtube/

https://youtu.be/Urg399PMZ98

https://cmhs.news/the-scary-return-of-youtubes-biggest-scandal/S

https://gizmodo.com/youtube-elsagate-kids-videos-like-comment-subscribe-1849501198

https://medium.com/@ayeu3251/aphmaugate-the-return-of-elsagate-91cf6d05ffad

https://eastside-online.org/global-commentary/a-digital-devils-playground-youtube-kids-fails-to-provide-a-safe-space-for-children/?unapproved=81463&moderation-hash=400a739fbfc900c438d738fc7f88efe8#comment-81463 << Concerning lack of sources inside it JamesTDG (talk) 02:44, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Further research: https://newqualitipedia.telepedia.net/wiki/YouTube_content_farms

This is from a different wiki which has less development than this one, but this article has a big dump of videos to watch through for research. JamesTDG (talk) 12:19, 23 June 2025 (UTC)