The Covid-19 breakout has led mainstream social media to take action to prevent the spread of harmful information related to the health emergency. As a result,
dark platforms Digital platforms that are less regulated and moderated hence can be used for hosting content and content creators that may not be tolerated by their more mainstream counterparts.

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have become more and more popular.

Bitchute BitChute is a video hosting service launched by Ray Vahey in January 2017. It is known for accommodating far-right individuals and conspiracy theorists, and for hosting hate speech.

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allows to share unsupervised videos related to any kind of controversial topic without the worries of being censored.
Bitchute makes it easy to get lost in a maze of
misinformation Misinformation is false, inaccurate, or misleading information.

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videos, titles and hashtags spread freely, taking apparently harmless themes and polluting their meaning.

Our project explores the network of videos and hashtags related to Covid-19 through the archive and four thematic pages that give more context to understand this phenomenon.

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