AI algorithms in social media and search engines have become the modern weapons used against any genuine
source of information. How is something like this possible?
Today, AI determines which content is visible—and which disappears into the digital abyss.
AI algorithms determine the influence of every media outlet in the digital space—whether we want to admit it or not.
During an internal training session for Kla.TV employees, Elias Sasek used simple images to illustrate the issue of so-called
"shadow banning" and explained effective countermeasures.
Take a look at the speech below and share it with independent media outlets and educational influencers. Why?
At the very latest, the next time the ruling elite declares a state of emergency, all genuine information channels
will once again be banned from YouTube, X, TikTok, and the like—just as they were during the COVID-19 dictatorship.
Anyone who relies on their social media reach today and fails to establish independent channels of distribution
will find themselves starting from scratch again precisely when information is needed most.
We are in a battle between truth and lies; we are in a battle between clarity and
deception—and where is this battle taking place?
And the battlefield we navigate every day has, let's say, become primarily digital.
Today, the entire information war is waged primarily in the digital realm; through the global Internet—the
web—people are manipulated and, in a state of mass hypnosis, driven straight into digital delusion and enslavement.
All the lies and propaganda outlets also operate primarily on the internet within their sphere of influence, which is
why I will now limit my remarks to this digital space, even though there is much more to say beyond that.
But we're in the midst of a battle for influence and reach.
And in order to push through the goals of the global power elite, they are trying to limit
our scope using ever-new methods and strategies.
Every effort is being made to strip us of our influence and reach so that, if possible, we can no longer reach people.
First of all: Where do we stand in this fight?
The COVID-19 pandemic is still fresh in all of our minds; we went all out with Kla.tv, and our
programming and reach on Kla.tv took a huge leap forward.
Before, our videos regularly got hundreds of thousands of views; suddenly, they were regularly getting millions of views.
And something else crucial happened: It suddenly felt as though we were no longer alone in the struggle for awareness.
Hundreds of new educational channels sprang up like mushrooms.
New independent media outlets sprang up one after another; we rode the wave of the COVID-19 years,
navigating between hacker attacks and tremendous growth.
Our videos went viral, Dad’s speeches about the nations went viral—we were on the front lines of awareness-raising,
and our reach extended to YouTube, Telegram, Facebook, and TikTok, among other well-known social media channels.
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
of the COVID-19 pandemic, the massive wave of censorship hit.
All activists had to fear for their channels; countless independent and alternative media outlets lost their
channels—for example, on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.
We, too, fought strategically and were able to retain or recapture the vast majority of the channels.
Then, right after the pandemic, in early 2023, the AI era began, and with it, something fundamental changed.
Suddenly, people were allowed to say whatever they wanted again—no strikes, no channel suspensions, no warnings—nothing.
The major social media founders even apologized for their censorship efforts.
Facebook founder Zuckerberg suddenly started talking about renowned Enlightenment thinkers on the podcast.
The two governments forced him to censor videos, and with a straight face, he promised that he
now knew better and would do better in the future.
As a sign of his remorse, he also immediately got rid of the fact-checkers on Facebook.
Then there's "freedom extremism." Elon Musk, a champion of free speech, bought the evil Twitter and renamed it.
Finally, you can say whatever you want on X (aka Twitter) again.
It is meant to be a safe haven for freedom of expression.
Then YouTube followed suit and released suspended channels from their digital prison, as if suddenly everything were back to
normal—but appearances were deceiving. What actually happened?
Since we don't all have tech geeks among us today, I'll try to explain this insidious
strategy using examples that everyone can understand.
Imagine you're going to a trade show and want to showcase your products to a global audience.
Mr. Google welcomes you very warmly. He praises your products and flatters you, telling
you how valuable you are to the trade show.
He keeps saying how glad he is that you're here. He's warm and friendly.
But instead of giving you a booth in the exhibition hall, you'll have to set up your sales
booth in the boiler room of the convention center.
In the exhibition hall above you, there's a huge crowd and a lot of jostling.
A heating technician comes by your place every now and then.
You're not going to miss the chance to at least show him your products.
In the end, you go home and are glad that you were at least able to convince the heating technician and
the cleaning lady of the quality of your products.
As you're leaving, you ask Mr. Google why he put you up in the broom closet.
He just rambles on about free competition and an open culture, citing his trade show
rules and insisting that's the way it has to be.
At the end, he thanks you very, very warmly for being there and says you should definitely come back next year.
Or you go to the post office: You have 137,000 letters with you; you've been collecting the
addresses and affixing stamps to them for years.
Since there are so many letters, you'll go straight to the post office with the wheelbarrow.
The postal worker on YouTube says very kindly:
"Wow, you have a lot of letters to mail."
"So you've been working hard—you're doing a great job!"
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.
A week later, you find out that the mail carrier delivered only 800 letters.
When you ask him where the remaining 136,200 letters are, he rambles on about how the terms and conditions
state that they aren't obligated to deliver all the letters.
Under certain circumstances, such as severe weather or other precipitation, they might deliver only part of the mail or even
skip delivery altogether in favor of other important letters.
But I should feel free to come back anytime and bring even more letters. After all, the post office is there for everyone.
Or you can book a hall in a huge theater.
One last example. Mr. Telegram greets you warmly.
You can perform your show on stage.
But hardly anyone is making their way into the hall.
Strangely enough, only a few guests come in through the back door.
In the end, it turns out that the main door had been barricaded by bodyguards. Mr. Telegram regrets the situation.
But rest assured that at any given time, as many people as come in through the back entrance can also attend your performances.
He really is against censorship. And you should come back anytime.
He praises your performance in the highest terms.
And he says he'll really stand up for you. But the front door remains locked.
Dear friends, these examples are anything but exaggerated.
The same is true of shadow banning—or, in German, reach throttling—by artificial intelligence, which has been going
on for two years and is becoming increasingly insidious.
Thanks to the sophisticated AI algorithms—which are hostile to transparency and nip any real investigative journalism in the
bud—we at Google have long been relegated to the broom closet.
We have 137,000 subscribers on YouTube, but each video only gets a little over 1,000 views.
You won't find us in any Telegram search.
So people are now only tuning in to our shows through the back door.
All social media managers are friendly and nice.
No one complains about the topics we cover. Everyone goes on and on about freedom of speech.
The EU, too, no longer needs a censorship ministry.
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
just the right measure to prevent any resistance from forming.
So much for the problem. I hope you understood the example.
This fact really pushed me to the brink of despair at the end of last year and eroded my faith.
I was close to giving up. Because by the time you finally figure out the trick, it already feels like it's too late.
And now you might be wondering: What's up with Elias?
Our shows on Kla.TV still get a lot of views.
Time and again, a video gets over 100,000 views. Or sometimes even more.
Many independent media outlets would be licking their lips at these numbers. And I realize that.
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.
I am also convinced that the night has not yet come when no one can work anymore, as it says in John 9:4.
How are these view counts being calculated right now?
Whenever a show goes viral, it’s not because it showed up somewhere in a recommendation system on social media, YouTube, or
Telegram—as it used to—but because people shared it directly.
Whenever people we contact directly forward and share our messages, it can lead to what’s known as a “snowball effect.”
All programs that are simply broadcast and not rebroadcast remain at a low level.
No matter how important the issue may be.
I'd like to share with you four practical steps that we're focusing on in our outreach efforts.
Each of us can help make these simple goals a reality.
So, as a first step, I would mention direct delivery to subscribers.
We’re structuring our digital distribution system so that we can deliver directly to as many people as possible, without
having to rely on social media or quietly hope that the social media dictators will eventually take pity on us.
The more people we can reach directly, the more people we can inspire to help spread the word about our pressing issues or to
join Strategy 2+ to become active participants and take advantage of the many opportunities we offer—such
as attending events and so on. So that’s a key factor.
That's why, in practical terms, we've introduced two specific changes.
First: We've launched a new platform called Substack.
You can access it via the link Substack.kla.tv, or by clicking the orange “Social” button
in the top-right corner of the Kla.TV website.
It's listed there. We upload all episodes in German to this platform every day. More languages may be added in the future.
And through Substack, we currently send daily emails to over 40,000 subscribers with updates on the
latest episodes, and that can spark a viral sensation.
So here we have a direct delivery service that we plan to expand significantly.
How about setting a new goal of getting 500,000 subscribers to sign up for direct delivery?
That would be our next milestone. Are you in?
With Substack, we're ahead of the curve in yet another important area.
Surveys show that very few people still watch traditional television today.
Most people watch TV on their smart TVs or projectors using streaming services like
Disney+, Netflix, Prime, or whatever they're called.
And thanks to Substack, you can finally watch Kla.TV on your smart TV.
Through our Substack channel, Kla.TV is becoming a true streaming service.
And we've added a new red button in the upper right corner of the Kla.TV website that says "TV."
If you click on it, you'll be taken directly to instructions on how to set everything up so you
can watch Kla.TV right on your TV or projector.
Exactly—those people we're notifying are in our hands.
We didn't develop Substack from scratch, but we manage our subscribers ourselves and
aren't dependent on a social media platform.
It's high time everyone uninstalled their streaming services—which just dumb them down anyway—and
instead watched Kla.TV every evening via the Substack app to get fired up for the battle for enlightenment.
Yes. That's a… Yes, in my view, with this feature, Kla.TV is in no way behind other TV stations, because
this is the newest and most modern way to watch TV.
How can you help with this strategy?
If you click the green "Newsletter" button in the upper right corner of the Kla.TV website, you'll see an
overview of all the newsletters and direct deliveries we offer.
Please feel free to share this widely and sign people up for the newsletter there as well.
There's a pretty good method: right at the very bottom of the website
You can recommend the newsletter with a single click, and then the recipients just have to click a button to sign up.
Then there's a second measure for direct delivery—that's brand new.
We achieved this breakthrough just this week because we can now send so-called push notifications
directly to our Kla.TV viewers via their web browsers.
This means that, from time to time, a message like this pops up on Kla.TV for new visitors:
It will say: “Would you like us to notify you when a new video is posted?”
If the visitor clicks “Yes,” a notification will pop up right on their computer or cell phone whenever we
publish a new episode, and we can message them right away to say, “There’s something new!”
That, too, is a step I've wanted to take for years, and this week I finally managed it.