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 Watson outside the 2013 Bilderberg Conference | ||||||||||
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| Born | 24 May 1982[1] | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Blogger, radio host, YouTube personality | |||||||||
| Website | https://modernity.news/ | |||||||||
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| Also known as | PJW, Paul J. Watson, PropagandaMatrix (formerly), Anything Goes | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.9 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 518.5 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 21 January 2022 | ||||||||||
Paul Joseph Watson (born 24 May 1982)[1] is a far-right[3] British YouTuber, radio host, and conspiracy theorist.[8] Until July 2016, Watson embraced the label "alt-right", but he now identifies as part of the New Right.[9] In May 2019, Facebook and Instagram permanently banned Watson for violation of hate speech policies.[10][11]
Watson's began working at Alex Jones' website InfoWars in 2002[12] advocated for 9/11, chemtrail, and New World Order conspiracy theories.[1] He later shifted his focus to criticisms of feminism, Islam, and left-wing politics.[13] Watson also contributes to InfoWars's talk radio program The Alex Jones Show, which he occasionally hosts or co-hosts.[citation needed]
Since 2011, Watson has hosted his own YouTube channel, prisonplanetlive, on which he expresses his views on topics such as contemporary society, politics, and modern liberalism in an often mocking manner. His YouTube channel criticises and mocks the "woke mob", social justice warriors, feminism and anti-racist movements.[14] As of May 2023, his channel has over 1.9 million subscribers.[15]
- ^ a b c d Hines, Nico (22 April 2018). "Alex Jones' Protegé, Paul Joseph Watson, Is About to Steal His Crackpot Crown". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ a b "About Paul Joseph Watson". YouTube.
- ^ "Leaked Audio Underscores Dark Side of Far-Right YouTube Subculture". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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Vice clintonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Townsend, Mark (11 February 2017). "Britain's extremist bloggers helping the 'alt-right' go global, report finds". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
London-based Paul Watson, described as "editor, staff writer" for the conspiracy website InfoWars ... is named as a central disseminator of the conspiracy theory concerning Hillary Clinton having debilitating health issues ... During a series of unashamedly conspiratorial videos that were viewed millions of times, Watson, originally from Sheffield, suggested Clinton might have had syphilis, brain damage and Parkinson's disease as well as alleging she was a drug abuser.
- ^ Weigel, David (28 August 2016). "The alt-right's take on Clinton's speech: Botched, but legitimizing". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
For the alt-right and its allies ... the speech helped elevate a fringe. In videos, Jones and his colleagues at InfoWars portrayed her as a sickly, doddering figure of desperation. ... InfoWars contributor Paul Joseph Watson...
- ^ "Alt-right editor challenges journalists to visit Sweden". BBC News. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
Paul Joseph Watson, the UK-based editor of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars
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pearcewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Isaac, Mike; Roose, Kevin (2 May 2019). "Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and Others From Its Services". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Ortutay, Barbara (3 May 2019). "Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones for hate speech". YouTube News. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Hanonoki, Eric (19 June 2017). "Infowars' Paul Joseph Watson can't get anything right". Salon.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (24 May 2017). "How rightwing pundits are reacting to the Manchester attack". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
Paul Joseph Watson, Alex Jones's British mini-me, has followed the same broad path that the rest of the organization has. He was never on the left, of course, but over time his commentary has focused less and less on the Illuminati and chemtrails, and more and more on pushing a stridently anti-Muslim, anti-feminist and anti-left message.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Paul Joseph Watson's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". Socialblade. Retrieved 10 May 2022.