# OdyseeWatchdog — Full Site Content for LLMs

> Exposing moderation failures on Odysee — where illegal, terrorist, and harassing content thrives.
> Website: https://odyseewatchdog.com
> This is an independent accountability project. Not affiliated with Odysee Inc.

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## EVIDENCE: 23 Published Investigations

### 1. SPLC Digital Threat Report: Odysee (2023)
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
URL: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/digital-threat-report-odysee/
- 165 extremist channels analyzed hosting 50,459 videos (April 2021 – August 2023)
- 113 channels received 40,316 Hyperchat donations from 4,557 unique donors
- Total revenue to extremists: $336,000
- Top earner "Blackpilled" (Devon Stack): $65,362
- "Uncle Sven" (Jesse Dunstan): $33,676 — one donor gave $22,300
- Robert "Azzmador" Ray (wanted fugitive): $33,023
- Highest-earning single video: $6,637 from 109 donations (Waukesha parade attack fundraiser)
- Odysee earns 5% platform fee on all extremist transactions (~$16,800)

### 2. SPLC: Charlottesville Fugitive Earning on Odysee (2023)
Source: SPLC Hatewatch
URL: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/05/04/charlottesville-fugitive-azzmador-rakes-cash-odysee
- Robert Warren "Azzmador" Ray, 56, wanted on felony charges from 2017 Unite the Right rally
- Earning $248/stream average by April 2023
- Owes $500,000 from Sines v. Kessler civil judgment — unpaid
- 9 prior convictions since 1993
- Single largest tip: $999

### 3. ISD: Blockchain Monetisation in Far-Right Milieu (2023)
Source: Institute for Strategic Dialogue / German Federal Ministry of Justice
URL: https://www.isdglobal.org/publication/on-odysee-the-role-of-blockchain-technology-for-monetisation-in-the-far-right-online-milieu/
- Platform pays users cryptocurrency (LBC) for publishing, liking, distributing content
- Identified as ideal recruitment space targeting disillusioned crypto investors
- Functions as "regulation-free retreat" and multiplatform backup

### 4. GNET: "The New YouTube for the Far-Right" (2021)
Source: Global Network on Extremism & Technology
URL: https://gnet-research.org/2021/02/17/odysee-the-new-youtube-for-the-far-right/
- Coined the phrase by researcher Eviane Leidig
- Documented mass migration of deplatformed creators
- 2025 follow-up: scraped 2,500+ posts from UK extremist orgs on Odysee

### 5. The Guardian: Leaked Internal Email (2021)
Source: The Guardian
- LBRY VP Julian Chandra emailed internally: "just being a white nationalist or nazi isn't grounds for removal"
- Accidentally sent to the user who had complained about neo-Nazi content
- Also wrote: "we don't need to provide our judgements to the people that complain"
- "Scores of extremist videos" found promoting antisemitic conspiracies, glorifying Hitler

### 6. DFRLab: Hate-Site Infrastructure (2021)
Source: Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab
URL: https://medium.com/dfrlab/blockchain-based-video-platform-attracting-far-right-users-uses-hate-site-infrastructure-a3cbed5c7388
- Odysee hired developer from Bitwave (streaming site saturated with white supremacist content)
- Christchurch mosque shooting video found on Bitwave's servers
- Bitwave's top Google results contained racist language
- Odysee media assets hosted on Bitwave's CDN

### 7. CheckFirst: Operation CoLBRY (2022)
Source: CheckFirst OSINT Team
URL: https://checkfirst.network/the-maze-of-content-moderation-on-odysee/
- 5 entities blur responsibility: Odysee, LBRY, LBRY Inc, Odysee Holdings Inc, "open communities"
- EU sent only 2 geo-blocking requests
- Odysee continued broadcasting RT France despite broadcasting ban
- ~20 million monthly visitors

### 8. Miami New Times: Neo-Nazi Jon Minadeo on Odysee (2023)
Source: Miami New Times
- Jon Minadeo ("Handsome Truth"), Goyim Defense League founder
- Earning $7,000+/month; some sessions $1,000 in 2 hours
- 350+ episodes, 3,500+ followers
- Banned from CashApp, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, Chase, AirBnB, FedEx — but not Odysee
- Odysee provided no response to journalists

### 9. GBH News: Seed Funding from Boston Elites (2024)
Source: GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting
URL: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-09-30/a-website-that-provides-a-platform-for-neo-nazis-got-its-seed-funding-from-boston-elites
- Pillar VC provided $300,000 seed funding to LBRY
- Court records show Pillar leaders worked directly with Odysee founders
- Platform now hosts David Duke (ex-KKK Grand Wizard), Alex Jones, Nordic Resistance Movement

### 10. EU DisinfoLab: Geo-Blocking Failure (2022)
Source: EU DisinfoLab
- 3,000+ access restrictions obtained from Odysee's internal list
- Almost entire list: Nazism, antisemitism, terrorism, ISIS content
- Google's EU offices sent more enforcement requests than all EU countries combined (except Germany)

### 11. Protos: Paying Terrorists in Crypto (2023)
Source: Protos
URL: https://protos.com/youtube-alternative-is-paying-terrorists-and-hate-groups-in-crypto-report/
- Odysee profited ~$16,800 from 5% fee on extremist transactions
- SEC fined LBRY $44M for unregistered securities — reduced to $111K due to insolvency
- October 2023: LBRY placed in receivership, all leadership resigned

### 12. The Block: Forward Research Acquisition Despite Concerns (2024)
Source: The Block
- Acquired June 2024 by Forward Research (Arweave incubator)
- CEO Sam Williams dismissed SPLC: "a healthy democracy requires free speech"
- Julian Chandra announced "complete autonomy with no compromises"

### 13. MDPI: COVID Misinformation Migration (2022)
Source: Future Internet (peer-reviewed journal)
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/12/350
- 15% of COVID videos removed from YouTube migrated to Odysee/BitChute (1,114 videos)

### 14. ASPI: Buying and Selling Extremism (2021)
Source: Australian Strategic Policy Institute
URL: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/buying-and-selling-extremism/
- Mapped 22 monetization platforms used by extremist Telegram channels
- At least 4 channels used Odysee for antisemitic video hosting

### 15. MBFC: Low Credibility Rating (2024)
Source: Media Bias/Fact Check
URL: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/odysee-bias-and-credibility/
- Rated: Right Conspiracy-Pseudoscience, Low Factual Reporting, Low Credibility

### 16. Atlantic Council: After the Insurrection (2021)
Source: Atlantic Council / DFRLab
- Odysee "actively courted disgruntled, radicalized users" after January 6
- CEO Kauffman: Proud Boys "should be allowed to speak" (leaders later convicted of seditious conspiracy)

### 17. Reuters: New Breed of Video Sites (2022)
Source: Reuters
- Odysee reached 33 million monthly visits
- Buffalo shooting searches returned massacre denial as top results
- 440,000+ videos analyzed: 12% of channels got 85% of engagement, almost all far-right hate

### 18. ISD: Antisemitism Study (2025)
Source: Institute for Strategic Dialogue
URL: https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/antisemitism-across-the-extremes-a-deep-dive-on-us-based-violent-online-networks/
- Fringe platforms (including Odysee): 91% of violent extremist antisemitic content
- Mainstream platforms (X, YouTube): only 9%
- 150,000+ antisemitic posts from 1,000+ violent extremist accounts

### 19. ISD/CASM: Evolving Online Ecosystem (2022)
Source: ISD / CASM Technology / Omidyar Network
URL: https://www.isdglobal.org/publication/researching-the-evolving-online-ecosystem-telegram-discord-odysee/
- Named Odysee alongside Telegram and Discord as 3 key extremist ecosystem platforms
- Documented Telegram → Odysee monetization pipeline

### 20. Rolling Stone/JTA/ADL: Minadeo Criminal Conviction (2023)
Source: Rolling Stone, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, ADL
- Jon Minadeo sentenced to 30 days in jail — Odysee channel continued operating
- GDL designated hate group by SPLC

### 21. ISD: Inside the Digital Labyrinth (2023)
Source: ISD / German Federal Ministry of Justice
URL: https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/inside-the-digital-labyrinth/
- Holocaust denial found on Odysee — content "likely illegal and glorifies violence"
- Government-funded research

### 22. ISD: In the Blind Spot (2023)
Source: ISD Global
- Exposed Odysee "delisting" as fake moderation
- Content hidden from search but remains fully accessible via direct URL
- Extremists share links through Telegram, bypassing all "moderation"

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## LEADERSHIP PROFILES

### Jeremy Kauffman — LBRY Founder
- Born September 19, 1984; B.Sc. (x2) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Founded LBRY 2015, launched Odysee September 2020
- 2022 Libertarian nominee for US Senate (NH) — received ~2% of votes
- Called for child labor legalization, Civil Rights Act repeal
- Defended apartheid: "South Africa is now much worse having removed it"
- Expelled from Free State Project board (Sep 2023) for amplifying white supremacists
- FBI visited his home (Sep 2024) after LPNH post about murdering Kamala Harris

### Julian Chandra — Odysee CEO
- Auckland University of Technology (Marketing + Management)
- Previously Head of Partnerships ANZ at TikTok (2019)
- Leaked email (May 2021): "just being a white nationalist or nazi isn't grounds for removal"
- Promoted to CEO 4 months after the leak
- Post-acquisition: announced "complete autonomy with no compromises"

### Sam Williams — Forward Research CEO
- University of Nottingham (First-Class B.Sc. 2014), University of Kent PhD
- Founded Arweave May 2017; raised ~$22M from a16z, Union Square Ventures, Coinbase Ventures
- Acquired Odysee June 2024 after SPLC report
- Dismissed SPLC: "A healthy democracy requires free speech"
- Goal: "We haven't won until it replaces Twitter"

### Sebastian Campos Groth — Forward Research COO
- UNAM (International Relations), Georgetown, Hertie School (Master in Public Policy)
- COO of Arweave since 2019, co-founded Forward Research 2022
- Previously Internet Watch Foundation Funding Council Representative
- No public statement on Odysee's extremist content
- Forward Research incubated 85+ projects valued at $500M+

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## KEY FACTS

- Odysee publishes NO transparency report
- Not a member of GIFCT (Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism)
- No Christchurch Call to Action participation
- No EU Digital Services Act compliance commitment
- No Santa Clara Principles adoption
- "Delisting" is not removal — content stays accessible via URL and blockchain
- Arweave "permaweb" migration would make content permanently irrevocable

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