The Connect2 Podcast
The Connect2 Podcast
Connect2 by Mark Hughes and Jeff Cullen
Disinformation is Monetized: Can you trust what you see on Youtube?
50 minutes Posted May 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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Currently there is an ongoing disinformation campaign about Alberta Separation going on that is getting a lot of views +40 million.  Why is it disinformation?  Because is it mostly AI generated, often using actors pretending to be someone with inside information, and the people generating it don't really care about the politics, they are more interested in the emotional spin and how that can translate into monetized channels.  PS.  It is also not just Alberta Separation, there has been an even bigger disinformation campaign by the same people in the UK just last year.