>the channel name and handle were updated on Monday following news of Mangione’s arrest to appear as if it belonged to the suspect. That channel on Monday posted a cryptic countdown video that said, “If you see this, I’m already under arrest.”

I guess that's one way to get a LOT of clicks on your account.

Fine, confirmed as fake but he also had three real ones, "YouTube on Monday removed three channels belonging to Luigi Mangione ..."

What was the content in those channels and why were they removed?

All other online footprint of this guy is still online (even his github!), what content was there on YT to grant it being removed?

Lack of transparency will just generate more questions and doubt.

I would guess you could automate premiers, since they're used by large companies and such, but maybe not?

Probably is fake, can someone decode the binary in the thumbnail? I can't ATM.

The video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCvKPBebNTk) was taken down 33 minutes before it was set to premiere, and now the account (https://www.youtube.com/@PepMangione) is deleted. The thumbnail had "The Truth will set me free" written in binary. Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/ovODSvx.png

Here is a mirror of the short video linked in the OP (no real content, just a countdown and date): https://files.catbox.moe/jxtf97.mkv

> Apparently his other social media doesn't link to this YT account.

But according to another comment in the thread YT confirms they removed the fake account AND _three_ real accounts associated with the guy.

Begs the question of why did they remove those? What content was in the real accounts to grant removal?

Did the premiere video provide any useful information before it got terminated?

CNN quoted someone from Google saying it was a fake (old account that just changed its handle today).

IMHO there ought to be restrictions and transparency on channel name changes because it gets abused all the time.

A 2nd video is premiering in like 40ish minutes, might be fake.

At 1:20, a small bit of text pops up in the lower right, just right of the "Soon..." which says "Dec 11th".

There was one after McAffee died as well. I think there is a group who just does this. Costs nothing and if their shitcoin launches, they exit scam as quickly as they appeared. Probably the same people. There are people who fake recent obituaries to drive advertising traffic and rob peoples houses when they are at funerals. There are also people who withold lifesaving care and deny legitimate claims using bullying tactics. It's a dark world.

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