Even while in the middle of harassing the migrants, the livestreamers could still be heard thanking those who were sending them money via YouTube’s Super Chat function or through other platforms like Venmo and the Christian-aligned crowdfunding site GiveSendGo. In one situation, while Fulfer was shouting at migrants in Arizona telling them to go home, he stopped briefly to call out a supporter who had sent him $50 on Venmo.

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    YouTube doesn’t care how or why you make money as long as they make money too.

    If they could get away with legally showing child porn, they would.

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        How could they legally show porn and ensure kids wouldn’t see it? Because I guarantee you that’s why they don’t allow it.

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            So you think it would be feasible for YouTube to ask for age verification for every porn video uploaded? Or do you think they should just have general age verification on YouTube like a porn site and restrict everyone under 18 to YouTube Kids?

            Because I guarantee you that they have yet to invent an algorithm that can detect porn 100% of the time.

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    “We’re illegal hunters,” Yarbery told a store clerk while livestreaming at a Subway sandwich counter in Jacumba Hot Springs. “I’ve hunted a lot in my life, but I’ve never actually hunted people, and that’s what we’re doing now.”

    I’m learning about mens rea and this is all I can think of.

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    After the livestreamers left Texas, they went to Sasabe in Arizona and a migrant camp run by No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization that provides support for migrants crossing the border.

    Isn’t that a criminal trafficking organization?