The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views
The Vassilev Interview: 'The Fake-View Ecosystem'
“I can deliver an unlimited amount of views to a video. They’ve tried to stop it for so many years, but they can’t stop it. There’s always a way around.”
Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos'
popularity and making the social media giant vulnerable to manipulation.
Could fake-views defeat the purpose of YouTube.
Citation: MICHAEL H. KELLER via New York Times
Tech Investigative Journalist: M H. KELLER