1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,140 2 00:00:01,140 --> 00:00:06,955 AI algorithms in social media and search engines have become the modern weapons used against any genuine 3 00:00:06,955 --> 00:00:10,666 source of information. How is something like this possible? 4 00:00:10,666 --> 00:00:16,945 Today, AI determines which content is visible—and which disappears into the digital abyss. 5 00:00:16,945 --> 00:00:25,598 AI algorithms determine the influence of every media outlet in the digital space—whether we want to admit it or not. 6 00:00:25,598 --> 00:00:32,944 During an internal training session for Kla.TV employees, Elias Sasek used simple images to illustrate the issue of so-called 7 00:00:32,944 --> 00:00:36,939 "shadow banning" and explained effective countermeasures. 8 00:00:36,939 --> 00:00:45,361 Take a look at the speech below and share it with independent media outlets and educational influencers. Why? 9 00:00:45,361 --> 00:00:51,586 At the very latest, the next time the ruling elite declares a state of emergency, all genuine information channels 10 00:00:51,586 --> 00:00:58,586 will once again be banned from YouTube, X, TikTok, and the like—just as they were during the COVID-19 dictatorship. 11 00:00:58,586 --> 00:01:05,073 Anyone who relies on their social media reach today and fails to establish independent channels of distribution 12 00:01:05,073 --> 00:01:10,070 will find themselves starting from scratch again precisely when information is needed most. 13 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:11,106 14 00:01:11,106 --> 00:01:15,894 We are in a battle between truth and lies; we are in a battle between clarity and 15 00:01:15,894 --> 00:01:19,124 deception—and where is this battle taking place? 16 00:01:19,124 --> 00:01:24,631 And the battlefield we navigate every day has, let's say, become primarily digital. 17 00:01:24,631 --> 00:01:31,256 Today, the entire information war is waged primarily in the digital realm; through the global Internet—the 18 00:01:31,256 --> 00:01:38,532 web—people are manipulated and, in a state of mass hypnosis, driven straight into digital delusion and enslavement. 19 00:01:38,532 --> 00:01:46,022 All the lies and propaganda outlets also operate primarily on the internet within their sphere of influence, which is 20 00:01:46,022 --> 00:01:53,174 why I will now limit my remarks to this digital space, even though there is much more to say beyond that. 21 00:01:53,174 --> 00:01:56,853 But we're in the midst of a battle for influence and reach. 22 00:01:56,853 --> 00:02:02,536 And in order to push through the goals of the global power elite, they are trying to limit 23 00:02:02,536 --> 00:02:05,246 our scope using ever-new methods and strategies. 24 00:02:05,246 --> 00:02:13,359 Every effort is being made to strip us of our influence and reach so that, if possible, we can no longer reach people. 25 00:02:13,359 --> 00:02:16,445 First of all: Where do we stand in this fight? 26 00:02:16,445 --> 00:02:22,806 The COVID-19 pandemic is still fresh in all of our minds; we went all out with Kla.tv, and our 27 00:02:22,806 --> 00:02:27,000 programming and reach on Kla.tv took a huge leap forward. 28 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,811 Before, our videos regularly got hundreds of thousands of views; suddenly, they were regularly getting millions of views. 29 00:02:32,811 --> 00:02:38,605 And something else crucial happened: It suddenly felt as though we were no longer alone in the struggle for awareness. 30 00:02:38,605 --> 00:02:42,919 Hundreds of new educational channels sprang up like mushrooms. 31 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,242 New independent media outlets sprang up one after another; we rode the wave of the COVID-19 years, 32 00:02:47,242 --> 00:02:49,782 navigating between hacker attacks and tremendous growth. 33 00:02:49,782 --> 00:02:56,530 Our videos went viral, Dad’s speeches about the nations went viral—we were on the front lines of awareness-raising, 34 00:02:56,530 --> 00:03:03,373 and our reach extended to YouTube, Telegram, Facebook, and TikTok, among other well-known social media channels. 35 00:03:03,373 --> 00:03:10,330 Some of our productions even made it into the trends—that is, the top lists—on social media during that time, and then, in the midst 36 00:03:10,330 --> 00:03:13,797 of the COVID-19 pandemic, the massive wave of censorship hit. 37 00:03:13,797 --> 00:03:19,069 All activists had to fear for their channels; countless independent and alternative media outlets lost their 38 00:03:19,069 --> 00:03:22,092 channels—for example, on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. 39 00:03:22,092 --> 00:03:27,946 We, too, fought strategically and were able to retain or recapture the vast majority of the channels. 40 00:03:27,946 --> 00:03:35,666 Then, right after the pandemic, in early 2023, the AI era began, and with it, something fundamental changed. 41 00:03:35,666 --> 00:03:43,508 Suddenly, people were allowed to say whatever they wanted again—no strikes, no channel suspensions, no warnings—nothing. 42 00:03:43,508 --> 00:03:47,538 The major social media founders even apologized for their censorship efforts. 43 00:03:47,538 --> 00:03:56,940 Facebook founder Zuckerberg suddenly started talking about renowned Enlightenment thinkers on the podcast. 44 00:03:56,940 --> 00:04:00,102 The two governments forced him to censor videos, and with a straight face, he promised that he 45 00:04:00,102 --> 00:04:02,105 now knew better and would do better in the future. 46 00:04:02,105 --> 00:04:06,799 As a sign of his remorse, he also immediately got rid of the fact-checkers on Facebook. 47 00:04:06,799 --> 00:04:12,100 Then there's "freedom extremism." Elon Musk, a champion of free speech, bought the evil Twitter and renamed it. 48 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:16,096 Finally, you can say whatever you want on X (aka Twitter) again. 49 00:04:16,096 --> 00:04:20,008 It is meant to be a safe haven for freedom of expression. 50 00:04:20,008 --> 00:04:27,295 Then YouTube followed suit and released suspended channels from their digital prison, as if suddenly everything were back to 51 00:04:27,295 --> 00:04:31,136 normal—but appearances were deceiving. What actually happened? 52 00:04:31,136 --> 00:04:35,415 Since we don't all have tech geeks among us today, I'll try to explain this insidious 53 00:04:35,415 --> 00:04:38,961 strategy using examples that everyone can understand. 54 00:04:38,961 --> 00:04:44,730 Imagine you're going to a trade show and want to showcase your products to a global audience. 55 00:04:44,730 --> 00:04:48,460 Mr. Google welcomes you very warmly. He praises your products and flatters you, telling 56 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:50,579 you how valuable you are to the trade show. 57 00:04:50,579 --> 00:04:55,147 He keeps saying how glad he is that you're here. He's warm and friendly. 58 00:04:55,147 --> 00:04:59,520 But instead of giving you a booth in the exhibition hall, you'll have to set up your sales 59 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,473 booth in the boiler room of the convention center. 60 00:05:02,473 --> 00:05:06,721 In the exhibition hall above you, there's a huge crowd and a lot of jostling. 61 00:05:06,721 --> 00:05:09,562 A heating technician comes by your place every now and then. 62 00:05:09,562 --> 00:05:12,961 You're not going to miss the chance to at least show him your products. 63 00:05:12,961 --> 00:05:17,559 In the end, you go home and are glad that you were at least able to convince the heating technician and 64 00:05:17,559 --> 00:05:20,248 the cleaning lady of the quality of your products. 65 00:05:20,248 --> 00:05:23,806 As you're leaving, you ask Mr. Google why he put you up in the broom closet. 66 00:05:23,806 --> 00:05:28,031 He just rambles on about free competition and an open culture, citing his trade show 67 00:05:28,031 --> 00:05:30,527 rules and insisting that's the way it has to be. 68 00:05:30,527 --> 00:05:36,967 At the end, he thanks you very, very warmly for being there and says you should definitely come back next year. 69 00:05:36,967 --> 00:05:42,414 Or you go to the post office: You have 137,000 letters with you; you've been collecting the 70 00:05:42,414 --> 00:05:45,690 addresses and affixing stamps to them for years. 71 00:05:45,690 --> 00:05:49,257 Since there are so many letters, you'll go straight to the post office with the wheelbarrow. 72 00:05:49,257 --> 00:05:51,727 The postal worker on YouTube says very kindly: 73 00:05:51,727 --> 00:05:53,978 "Wow, you have a lot of letters to mail." 74 00:05:53,978 --> 00:05:57,622 "So you've been working hard—you're doing a great job!" 75 00:05:57,622 --> 00:06:05,125 By the way, to carry that many letters, you'd have to haul 100 to 150 full wheelbarrows. You'd be running back and forth all day. 76 00:06:05,125 --> 00:06:10,248 A week later, you find out that the mail carrier delivered only 800 letters. 77 00:06:10,248 --> 00:06:16,278 When you ask him where the remaining 136,200 letters are, he rambles on about how the terms and conditions 78 00:06:16,278 --> 00:06:19,882 state that they aren't obligated to deliver all the letters. 79 00:06:19,882 --> 00:06:26,286 Under certain circumstances, such as severe weather or other precipitation, they might deliver only part of the mail or even 80 00:06:26,286 --> 00:06:30,135 skip delivery altogether in favor of other important letters. 81 00:06:30,135 --> 00:06:35,922 But I should feel free to come back anytime and bring even more letters. After all, the post office is there for everyone. 82 00:06:35,922 --> 00:06:38,302 Or you can book a hall in a huge theater. 83 00:06:38,302 --> 00:06:41,897 One last example. Mr. Telegram greets you warmly. 84 00:06:41,897 --> 00:06:44,225 You can perform your show on stage. 85 00:06:44,225 --> 00:06:47,360 But hardly anyone is making their way into the hall. 86 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,370 Strangely enough, only a few guests come in through the back door. 87 00:06:50,370 --> 00:06:58,159 In the end, it turns out that the main door had been barricaded by bodyguards. Mr. Telegram regrets the situation. 88 00:06:58,159 --> 00:07:04,746 But rest assured that at any given time, as many people as come in through the back entrance can also attend your performances. 89 00:07:04,746 --> 00:07:09,242 He really is against censorship. And you should come back anytime. 90 00:07:09,242 --> 00:07:11,353 He praises your performance in the highest terms. 91 00:07:11,353 --> 00:07:17,609 And he says he'll really stand up for you. But the front door remains locked. 92 00:07:17,609 --> 00:07:21,097 Dear friends, these examples are anything but exaggerated. 93 00:07:21,097 --> 00:07:27,618 The same is true of shadow banning—or, in German, reach throttling—by artificial intelligence, which has been going 94 00:07:27,618 --> 00:07:30,703 on for two years and is becoming increasingly insidious. 95 00:07:30,703 --> 00:07:38,402 Thanks to the sophisticated AI algorithms—which are hostile to transparency and nip any real investigative journalism in the 96 00:07:38,402 --> 00:07:42,640 bud—we at Google have long been relegated to the broom closet. 97 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:51,040 We have 137,000 subscribers on YouTube, but each video only gets a little over 1,000 views. 98 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,189 You won't find us in any Telegram search. 99 00:07:53,189 --> 00:07:56,453 So people are now only tuning in to our shows through the back door. 100 00:07:56,453 --> 00:07:59,057 All social media managers are friendly and nice. 101 00:07:59,057 --> 00:08:02,842 No one complains about the topics we cover. Everyone goes on and on about freedom of speech. 102 00:08:02,842 --> 00:08:05,397 The EU, too, no longer needs a censorship ministry. 103 00:08:05,397 --> 00:08:13,549 All of this work is now handled by algorithms and their AI, which only allow through what fits the prescribed narrative—and do so in 104 00:08:13,549 --> 00:08:18,134 just the right measure to prevent any resistance from forming. 105 00:08:18,134 --> 00:08:24,872 So much for the problem. I hope you understood the example. 106 00:08:30,965 --> 00:08:37,310 This fact really pushed me to the brink of despair at the end of last year and eroded my faith. 107 00:08:37,310 --> 00:08:44,208 I was close to giving up. Because by the time you finally figure out the trick, it already feels like it's too late. 108 00:08:44,208 --> 00:08:47,027 And now you might be wondering: What's up with Elias? 109 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:49,855 Our shows on Kla.TV still get a lot of views. 110 00:08:49,855 --> 00:08:55,040 Time and again, a video gets over 100,000 views. Or sometimes even more. 111 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,281 Many independent media outlets would be licking their lips at these numbers. And I realize that. 112 00:08:59,281 --> 00:09:03,751 And I am grateful for everything we are able to accomplish, and for the fact that we are still able and allowed to do so. 113 00:09:03,751 --> 00:09:10,498 I am also convinced that the night has not yet come when no one can work anymore, as it says in John 9:4. 114 00:09:10,498 --> 00:09:14,435 How are these view counts being calculated right now? 115 00:09:14,435 --> 00:09:23,679 Whenever a show goes viral, it’s not because it showed up somewhere in a recommendation system on social media, YouTube, or 116 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:28,695 Telegram—as it used to—but because people shared it directly. 117 00:09:28,695 --> 00:09:38,816 Whenever people we contact directly forward and share our messages, it can lead to what’s known as a “snowball effect.” 118 00:09:38,816 --> 00:09:44,619 All programs that are simply broadcast and not rebroadcast remain at a low level. 119 00:09:44,619 --> 00:09:48,682 No matter how important the issue may be. 120 00:09:48,682 --> 00:09:54,705 I'd like to share with you four practical steps that we're focusing on in our outreach efforts. 121 00:09:54,705 --> 00:09:59,943 Each of us can help make these simple goals a reality. 122 00:09:59,943 --> 00:10:04,959 So, as a first step, I would mention direct delivery to subscribers. 123 00:10:04,959 --> 00:10:12,081 We’re structuring our digital distribution system so that we can deliver directly to as many people as possible, without 124 00:10:12,081 --> 00:10:19,115 having to rely on social media or quietly hope that the social media dictators will eventually take pity on us. 125 00:10:19,115 --> 00:10:26,736 The more people we can reach directly, the more people we can inspire to help spread the word about our pressing issues or to 126 00:10:26,736 --> 00:10:33,137 join Strategy 2+ to become active participants and take advantage of the many opportunities we offer—such 127 00:10:33,137 --> 00:10:36,576 as attending events and so on. So that’s a key factor. 128 00:10:36,576 --> 00:10:41,814 That's why, in practical terms, we've introduced two specific changes. 129 00:10:41,814 --> 00:10:46,110 First: We've launched a new platform called Substack. 130 00:10:46,110 --> 00:10:54,166 You can access it via the link Substack.kla.tv, or by clicking the orange “Social” button 131 00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:58,445 in the top-right corner of the Kla.TV website. 132 00:10:58,445 --> 00:11:06,605 It's listed there. We upload all episodes in German to this platform every day. More languages may be added in the future. 133 00:11:06,605 --> 00:11:14,917 And through Substack, we currently send daily emails to over 40,000 subscribers with updates on the 134 00:11:14,917 --> 00:11:19,560 latest episodes, and that can spark a viral sensation. 135 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:23,620 So here we have a direct delivery service that we plan to expand significantly. 136 00:11:23,620 --> 00:11:29,296 How about setting a new goal of getting 500,000 subscribers to sign up for direct delivery? 137 00:11:29,296 --> 00:11:32,843 That would be our next milestone. Are you in? 138 00:11:38,255 --> 00:11:44,475 With Substack, we're ahead of the curve in yet another important area. 139 00:11:44,475 --> 00:11:49,722 Surveys show that very few people still watch traditional television today. 140 00:11:49,722 --> 00:11:54,319 Most people watch TV on their smart TVs or projectors using streaming services like 141 00:11:54,319 --> 00:11:57,447 Disney+, Netflix, Prime, or whatever they're called. 142 00:11:57,447 --> 00:12:02,065 And thanks to Substack, you can finally watch Kla.TV on your smart TV. 143 00:12:02,065 --> 00:12:06,514 Through our Substack channel, Kla.TV is becoming a true streaming service. 144 00:12:06,514 --> 00:12:13,456 And we've added a new red button in the upper right corner of the Kla.TV website that says "TV." 145 00:12:13,456 --> 00:12:19,532 If you click on it, you'll be taken directly to instructions on how to set everything up so you 146 00:12:19,532 --> 00:12:23,569 can watch Kla.TV right on your TV or projector. 147 00:12:23,569 --> 00:12:27,264 Exactly—those people we're notifying are in our hands. 148 00:12:27,264 --> 00:12:33,707 We didn't develop Substack from scratch, but we manage our subscribers ourselves and 149 00:12:33,707 --> 00:12:37,565 aren't dependent on a social media platform. 150 00:12:37,565 --> 00:12:43,332 It's high time everyone uninstalled their streaming services—which just dumb them down anyway—and 151 00:12:43,332 --> 00:12:51,074 instead watched Kla.TV every evening via the Substack app to get fired up for the battle for enlightenment. 152 00:12:51,074 --> 00:13:04,961 Yes. That's a… Yes, in my view, with this feature, Kla.TV is in no way behind other TV stations, because 153 00:13:04,961 --> 00:13:11,778 this is the newest and most modern way to watch TV. 154 00:13:11,778 --> 00:13:14,011 How can you help with this strategy? 155 00:13:14,011 --> 00:13:20,024 If you click the green "Newsletter" button in the upper right corner of the Kla.TV website, you'll see an 156 00:13:20,024 --> 00:13:24,160 overview of all the newsletters and direct deliveries we offer. 157 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:29,135 Please feel free to share this widely and sign people up for the newsletter there as well. 158 00:13:29,135 --> 00:13:32,761 There's a pretty good method: right at the very bottom of the website 159 00:13:32,761 --> 00:13:39,477 You can recommend the newsletter with a single click, and then the recipients just have to click a button to sign up. 160 00:13:39,477 --> 00:13:43,425 Then there's a second measure for direct delivery—that's brand new. 161 00:13:43,425 --> 00:13:50,053 We achieved this breakthrough just this week because we can now send so-called push notifications 162 00:13:50,053 --> 00:13:54,024 directly to our Kla.TV viewers via their web browsers. 163 00:13:54,024 --> 00:14:00,455 This means that, from time to time, a message like this pops up on Kla.TV for new visitors: 164 00:14:00,455 --> 00:14:02,406 It will say: “Would you like us to notify you when a new video is posted?” 165 00:14:02,406 --> 00:14:10,733 If the visitor clicks “Yes,” a notification will pop up right on their computer or cell phone whenever we 166 00:14:10,733 --> 00:14:18,395 publish a new episode, and we can message them right away to say, “There’s something new!” 167 00:14:18,395 --> 00:14:24,850 That, too, is a step I've wanted to take for years, and this week I finally managed it.