privacy
2:18Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village
2M views • 17 years ago
The Onion
A satirical Onion news segment announcing a Google feature that lets users opt out of Google's data collection by moving to a remote village without Google products or sunlight.
1:55Gross COPPA Violation
86K views • 6 years ago
Videos
A short video claiming that the chat app PiperChat violated COPPA, the US children's online privacy law, because it had no parental consent form. It says this led to a very large fine. It appears to be a clip from the TV show Silicon Valley.
Topic match · Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime
6:57Nathan For You - Fixing Computer Repair
2.2M views • 9 years ago
Comedy Central
A Nathan For You sketch in which Nathan Fielder tackles customers' privacy fears at computer repair shops with an awkwardly absurd business solution. It is a comedy clip from the Comedy Central show.
Topic match · Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime
3:15Facebook CIA Project: The Onion News Network
761K views • 15 years ago
c0pyr1gh7
A short satirical Onion News Network segment presenting Facebook as a CIA project. It plays on surveillance and data-collection fears.
Topic match · Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime
2:26Honest Government Ad | Anti Encryption Law
1.4M views • 8 years ago
thejuicemedia
A satirical 'honest' government ad from The Juice Media about Australia's 2018 Assistance and Access anti-encryption bill. It lays out in blunt terms what the law would let authorities do.
Topic match · Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime
3:46The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks - Ep. 9
434K views • 13 years ago
The Onion
A satirical Onion Talks episode in which a startup founder explains making money by selling his users' data to oppressive governments. It parodies tech conference talks and monetization of communities.
Topic match · Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime
43:44Scammers Wanted $3,000 - They Watched Me Spend It All
21M views • 6 years ago
Kitboga
Kitboga baits tech-support scammers into believing they will get $3,000, wasting hours of their time while he plays along and screen-shares. The scammers become frustrated as it becomes clear the money will not reach them.
Topic match · Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime
14:05Best Lenny call ever! "I got to hang up. I cain't do this no longer. No, sir." (14:04)
369K views • 11 years ago
Toao.net
A recorded phone call in which the Lenny bot, a looping set of prerecorded replies from a rambling old man, keeps a telemarketer on the line for 14 minutes. The uploader calls it the best Lenny call yet.
Topic match · Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime
17:41I made a talking banana
622K views • 8 years ago
Useless Duck Company
A maker builds a talking banana that reads YouTube and Twitch comments aloud on stream, then fights viewers who abuse it with profanity. He ends up building a pronunciation-based filter to catch bad words.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
9:15youtube YouTube Stewart Lee 9 Political Correctness 41st Best Stand Up ever
386K views • 15 years ago
MrSenseisnotcommon
A nine-minute Stewart Lee stand-up routine about political correctness and the claim that it has gone mad. It is dry, layered British comedy that takes the complaint apart.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
4:48Raiden Warned About AI Censorship - MGS2 Codec Call (2023 Version)
581K views • 3 years ago
CYBERGEM
A fan-made Metal Gear Solid 2 codec call using AI voice synthesis, in which the Colonel warns Raiden about using AI to censor the internet and enforce digital ID. It riffs on the game's 'Selection for Societal Sanity' conversation.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
9:28George Carlin - Euphemisms & political correctness
513K views • 10 years ago
aaron pryor
A George Carlin routine on euphemisms and political correctness, tracing how shell shock became PTSD. The uploader adds context about euphemism in political language.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
1:46The Whitest Kids U' Know - I want to kill the president
862K views • 13 years ago
Weidmann
A short Whitest Kids U' Know sketch, with Spanish subtitles, in which a man repeatedly announces he wants to kill the president. It satirizes how speech and threats are policed.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
7:49Comic Database: Steve Hughes... Offended?
4M views • 15 years ago
TheVoxRox
Comedian Steve Hughes delivers a stand-up bit on political correctness, offense and health and safety culture, arguing there is no right not to be offended.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
9:14Stewart Lee - Political Correctness
167K views • 10 years ago
Jimmy Lee
A stand-up routine by Stewart Lee on political correctness, offering a satirical defense of inclusive language.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
1:47Whitest Kids U Know: It's illegal to say...
8.6M views • 19 years ago
Kamatzu
A Whitest Kids U Know sketch built around the idea that saying certain things about the President is illegal.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
0:05The Simpsons - Helen Lovejoy - Think of the children
629K views • 12 years ago
Snippets
A short Simpsons clip of Helen Lovejoy shrieking 'Think of the children!', the show's parody of moral panic.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
0:23Gary Johnson booed at the Libertarian Debate for Supporting Driver's Licenses
1.8M views • 8 years ago
ElmerMG727
A short clip of Gary Johnson being booed at a Libertarian Party debate for saying he supports driver's licenses.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties
9:16YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS - George Carlin
9.6M views • 18 years ago
HomeReality
A George Carlin stand-up routine arguing that rights are really temporary privileges that can be taken away. The uploader frames it with conspiracy-leaning tags.
Topic match · Free speech, censorship & civil liberties