Facebook just announced 8 billion video views per day. This number is made out of lies, cheating and worst of all: theft. All of this is wildly known but the media giant Facebook is pretending everything is fine, while damaging independent creators in the process. How does this work? Hank Greens Article: https://medium.com/@hankgreen/theft-lies-and-facebook-video-656b0ffed369 Video by Smartereveryday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6A1Lt0kvMA Video about Youtube content ID by YMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuTHhtCyzLg SOURCES & FURTHER READING ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/31/8312987/please-dont-share-tyrese-gibsons-facebook-posts http://mashable.com/2015/07/08/facebook-video-theft-problem/#fpVrTqyU4Zqx http://broadmark.de/allgemein/facebook-erreicht-8-milliarden-videoaufrufe-tag/39256/ http://mashable.com/2015/09/01/facebook-could-soon-start-to-crack-down-on-pirated-videos/#XlTjV83NRSq3 http://de.slideshare.net/socialogilvy/the-rise-of-multiplatform-video-why-brands-need-a-multiplatform-video-strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLqCz5xBwGk http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07/freebooting_stolen_youtube_videos_going_viral_on_facebook.html http://mic.com/articles/123368/facebook-video-vs-youtube http://mashable.com/2015/07/08/facebook-video-theft-problem/#fpVrTqyU4Zqx http://media.fb.com/2015/08/27/an-update-on-video-management-on-facebook/ OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeES HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ This is how we make our living and it would be a pleasure if you support us! Get Merch designed with ❤ from null Join the Patreon Bird Army 🐧 https://kgs.link/patreon DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Reddit: https://kgs.link/reddit Instagram: https://kgs.link/instagram Twitter: https://kgs.link/twitter Facebook: https://kgs.link/facebook Discord: https://kgs.link/discord Newsletter: https://kgs.link/newsletter OUR VOICE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The Kurzgesagt voice is from Steve Taylor: https://kgs.link/youtube-voice OUR MUSIC ♬♪ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 700+ minutes of Kurzgesagt Soundtracks by Epic Mountain: Spotify: https://kgs.link/music-spotify Soundcloud: https://kgs.link/music-soundcloud Bandcamp: https://kgs.link/music-bandcamp Youtube: https://kgs.link/music-youtube Facebook: https://kgs.link/music-facebook The Soundtrack of this video: https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain/facebook https://epicmountainmusic.bandcamp.com/track/facebook http://epic-mountain.com/ Help us caption & translate this video! null