什么是BitChute？对YouTube“言论自由”替代平台的特征分析
What is BitChute? Characterizing the "Free Speech" Alternative to YouTube
AI总结：
本文对替代YouTube的低内容审核视频平台BitChute进行特征分析，发现其少数互动频道含阴谋论或仇恨言论（反犹为主，率高于Gab低于4chan），部分创作者被其他平台封禁但仍活跃于主流平台，为该类平台研究提供基础。
摘要：
本文对社交视频托管平台BitChute上的内容和话语进行了特征分析。BitChute于2017年推出，作为YouTube的替代平台，加入了包括Gab、Voat、Minds和4chan在内的低内容审核替代平台生态系统。其独特之处在于，它是这些替代平台中首个专注于视频内容且人气不断增长的平台。我们的分析揭示了该平台的几个关键特征：仅有少数频道获得互动，且几乎所有这些频道都包含阴谋论或仇恨言论；平台整体仇恨言论率很高，其中大部分是反犹太主义，这一点尤其令人担忧；结果表明，BitChute的仇恨言论率高于Gab但低于4chan；最后，我们发现虽然部分BitChute内容创作者被其他平台封禁，但许多人仍在主流社交媒体平台（尤其是YouTube）上保持个人主页。本文首次对BitChute的内容和话语进行了分析，为未来低内容审核平台的研究提供了基础。
英文摘要：
In this paper, we characterize the content and discourse on BitChute, a social video-hosting platform. Launched in 2017 as an alternative to YouTube, BitChute joins an ecosystem of alternative, low content moderation platforms, including Gab, Voat, Minds, and 4chan. Uniquely, BitChute is the first of these alternative platforms to focus on video content and is growing in popularity. Our analysis reveals several key characteristics of the platform. We find that only a handful of channels receive any engagement, and almost all of those channels contain conspiracies or hate speech. This high rate of hate speech on the platform as a whole, much of which is anti-Semitic, is particularly concerning. Our results suggest that BitChute has a higher rate of hate speech than Gab but less than 4chan. Lastly, we find that while some BitChute content producers have been banned from other platforms, many maintain profiles on mainstream social media platforms, particularly YouTube. This paper contributes a first look at the content and discourse on BitChute and provides a building block for future research on low content moderation platforms.
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