How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views
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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

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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/

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