The MeLa BitChute Dataset

Trujillo, Milo Z.; Gruppi, Maurício; Buntain, Cody; Horne, Benjamin D.

doi:10.1609/icwsm.v16i1.19386

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“…They found that BitChute has a higher rate of hate speech than Gab but less than 4chan, and also, some BitChute content producers have been banned from other platforms. Additionally, a BitChute dataset, called The MeLa BitChute Dataset [5], is publicly available, providing a basis for investigating the content on the platform.…”

Section: Misinformation On Low Content Moderation Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We also made use of the MeLa dataset, which the authors in [5] claimed as a nearcomplete dataset (June 2019 to December 2021), and retrieved 9958 and 74,948 videos containing one or more of the keywords 'covid', 'coronavirus', 'covid19', 'covid-19' in the title of the video or the description, respectively. The collected videos can be considered as a complementary COVID-related misinformation dataset since videos in BitChute often depict misinformation cases.…”

Section: Comparison With Mela Datasetmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, some studies focus mainly on the content generated on BitChute [4,5]; however, little is known about the platforms' user base and network, the content they generate (especially Odysee) and their interaction with other platforms. To address the above gaps, this study contributes to the study of the following aspects:…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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COVID-Related Misinformation Migration to BitChute and Odysee

2022

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The overwhelming amount of information and misinformation on social media platforms has created a new role that these platforms are inclined to take on, that of the Internet custodian. Mainstream platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, are under tremendous public and political pressure to combat disinformation and remove harmful content. Meanwhile, smaller platforms, such as BitChute and Odysee, have emerged and provide fertile ground for disinformation as a result of their low content-moderation policy. In this study, we analyze the phenomenon of removed content migration from YouTube to BitChute and Odysee. In particular, starting from a list of COVID-related videos removed from YouTube due to violating its misinformation policy, we find that ∼15% (1114 videos) of them migrated to the two low content-moderation platforms under study. This amounts to 4096 videos on BitChute and 1810 on Odysee. We present an analysis of this video dataset, revealing characteristics of misinformation dissemination similar to those on YouTube and other mainstream social media platforms. The BitChute–Odysee COVID-related dataset is publicly available for research purposes on misinformation analysis.

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Section: Misinformation On Low Content Moderation Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Comparison With Mela Datasetmentioning

confidence: 99%