Facebook just announced 8 billion video views per day. This number is made out of lies, cheating and worst of all: theft. All of this is wildly known but the media giant Facebook is pretending everything is fine, while damaging independent creators in the process. How does this work? Hank Greens Article: medium.com/@hankgreen/theft-lies-and-facebook-video-656b0ffed369 Video by Smartereveryday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6A1Lt0kvMA Video about Youtube content ID by YMS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuTHhtCyzLg Other sources used in this video: www.theverge.com/2015/3/31/8312987/please-dont-share-tyrese-gibsons-facebook-posts mashable.com/2015/07/08/facebook-video-theft-problem/#fpVrTqyU4Zqx broadmark.de/allgemein/facebook-erreicht-8-milliarden-videoaufrufe-tag/39256/? mashable.com/2015/09/01/facebook-could-soon-start-to-crack-down-on-pirated-videos/#XlTjV83NRSq3 de.slideshare.net/socialogilvy/the-rise-of-multiplatform-video-why-brands-need-a-multiplatform-video-strategy www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLqCz5xBwGk www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07/freebooting_stolen_youtube_videos_going_viral_on_facebook.html mic.com/articles/123368/facebook-video-vs-youtube mashable.com/2015/07/08/facebook-video-theft-problem/#fpVrTqyU4Zqx media.fb.com/2015/08/27/an-update-on-video-management-on-facebook/ Get the music of the video here: soundcloud.com/epicmountain/facebook epicmountainmusic.bandcamp.com/track/facebook epic-mountain.com kurzgesagt.org www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt www.facebook.com/Kurzgesagt twitter.com/Kurz_Gesagt How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views Help us caption & translate this video! amara.org/v/HWix/