Video summary
The video features a conversation with guest Tyson Hawley, who discusses the significant challenges he has faced regarding social media bans and shadowbanning over the past decade. Hawley explains that his Instagram account was banned after accumulating 62,000 followers due to a dispute involving beef, though the specific reasons were never clearly communicated by the platform. He notes that this issue is not unique to him, as he has also experienced multiple bans and demonetization on YouTube, particularly because of his content related to support for Israel. To navigate these restrictions, Hawley adopted a strategy of hiding reels from his main profile grid to appear more professional, eventually rebuilding his account with hundreds of posts after starting from zero.
A central theme of the discussion is the controversial practice of Israel paying influencers substantial sums, such as $7,000 per post, to promote the country and speak positively about it. Hawley confirms that this financial incentive is real, citing an interview with Netanyahu where he addressed rising antisemitism and launched a campaign to support influencers who align with Israel's narrative. The host contrasts this with the situation in Palestine, arguing that while people advocate for Palestinian rights out of genuine compassion after witnessing the suffering of children, Israel feels compelled to pay for propaganda because it is losing public support among the youth. This disparity highlights the host's view that such payments are a clear indicator of a government struggling to win over public opinion organically.
The conversation further explores the diplomatic and social tensions surrounding these issues through an anecdote about a zoo owner in Thailand who was French, Italian, and Mediterranean in appearance. Despite being a private citizen, he faced death threats and deportation after denying entry to an Israeli family on his property, illustrating the extreme lengths to which anti-Israel sentiment can escalate globally. The host uses this story to emphasize that the truth about the conflict is becoming increasingly visible to the world, with people witnessing the devastation firsthand. He concludes by asserting that while the current political climate makes it difficult for certain voices to be heard without financial backing or strategic maneuvering, the reality of the situation will ultimately prevail.
The dialogue ends with a promotional segment for an app called Just Pray, which offers features beyond simple prayer tracking, such as gamified progress tracking and educational tools for new converts. The host humorously describes the app's unique requirement to scan one's mattress to verify that the user is truly awake enough to pray, adding a lighthearted tone before the video concludes with singing. Throughout the stream, the interaction remains focused on the complex interplay between social media algorithms, political propaganda, and personal freedom of expression in the digital age.
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All right, guys. Welcome back to the
live stream after two or three months.
Finally, we're live streaming. And right
away with a guest today, we have Tyson
Hawley. Tyson, welcome to the show. How
are you, man?
>> I appreciate it, brother. Thank you for
having me. I'm doing pretty well.
>> Amazing, man. So, as I said, for my
audience, just a quick introduction what
you're about. I saw your Instagram.
There not many posts up. Maybe like two
or three. Have you been banned or what
is going on?
>> Yeah. Yeah. So, they banned me. Yeah,
62,000 followers. So, I had to restart,
rebuild. Um, I got a I got a fair bit of
posts. I just like hide the reels from
the main profile grid. That's one of the
things that Sunny told me to do is like
make that kind of more professional. So,
the only three posts are like my actual
>> nice looking posts and then all the
reels that I spam every day, I just like
hide those from the grid. So, I think I
got about like four or 500 posts because
like obviously I had to start from zero,
rebuild all the way back. So, it's been
a grind for sure, but yeah, definitely a
tough set uh setback there, but it's uh
coming along again pretty good. So, you
love to see it.
>> Now, Batman, man, what was the reason
that you got bent?
>> Uh it's a long story. I don't really
want to get into it. I don't really want
to talk about it on here. It had to do
with like a beef. I don't actually
really fully know, so I don't really
want to speak to it. Uh it could have
been a lot of different things. So, I'll
just like leave it at that cuz I don't
want to open anything up.
>> Okay, fair enough. Yeah, Instagram
usually doesn't tell you why you get
banned, right? It happened to me as
well. They don't tell you. They just say
that you violated potentially the
community guidelines and [snorts] then
that's that. But they don't really give
you an explanation. Similar to YouTube
as well. I got banned off YouTube
multiple times as well lately.
Especially because
>> Yeah, of course, man. I've been
shadowbanned, demonetized, banned,
reinstated for the past 10 years. There
has been uphill battle, you know,
because of my evid support for Israel.
That's why
>> for for Israel, did you say? Yeah,
sarcasm, bro. Obviously not.
>> Yeah, [laughter] I was gonna say, yeah,
that's like Yeah, that's kind of the one
topic and honestly that's probably
something to do with why my uh IG got
nuked, too. It's pretty much the one you
can't really talk about or you can't
talk negatively about. So,
>> it was really funny. I don't know if you
saw it here on my channel. What I did is
I started promoting Israel in a way, you
know, but it was all sarcasm, of course,
right? And all of a sudden, my channel
started picking up again and they lifted
the shadow band.
>> Oh, you saw.
>> So, you saw me Yeah. Yeah. So you saw me
having like little reels where I kissed
the wall, you know, but here back home
or putting on the kipah and whatnot and
all of a sudden you saw my algorithm
just picking up picking up. I even said
that I stated that I um converted to
Judaism and my my subscribers were
shocked, you know, they didn't really
catch the sarcasm, but for the algorithm
it was amazing because all of a sudden
the shadow ban was lifted and I was back
in the game, you know.
>> Yeah, man. If I want that Instagram
account back, I got to go kiss the wall
or something, dude. You have to friend
that was like I was a friend that was
joking. He's like, "Dude, I want the
massage. I want the 7K uh post." Is that
actually real? Are they actually paying
7K a post to people?
>> It's actually real. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
You can find that. I would have to look
it up now, but there's actually a
interview with Netanyahu where he speaks
about it. He speaks about it that the
anti-semitism is getting really out of
hand. And then therefore, he is having
this campaign where he supports supports
influencers with a specific paycheck if
they speak well of Israel. It's really
no joke. So the 7K is legit. Yeah. It's
not only a
>> You know you're cooked when you got to
pay uh 7K just to have some good uh PR
about your [laughter] freaking country.
You know that you're losing the youth
and you're losing the people when you
got to pay that much money just for good
promo. You don't see Palestine pay
people $7,000 to say free Palestine.
People say that out of the goodness of
their hearts because they see kids
getting blown to pieces. You know, like
Palestine doesn't need to pay
influencers for propaganda. So that's
kind of how you know you're cook. Not
trying to get your channel shut down
again though.
>> No, no, no. It's okay. It's okay. I
think we can speak about the the thing
is here. I'm living in Thailand and here
in Thailand there was a zoo owner. I
think it was called Samui Exotic Park
and the guy was French. He was really
French. People said, "Oh, he was French
Arab." The guy was actually French and
Italian. So, he looked a little bit
Mediterranean. People assumed that he
was an evil evil Muslim. And he simply
denied a certain Israeli family entrance
to his private property. Mhm.
>> He started getting death threats and now
he's being deported. The Israeli
ambassador came down to Thailand and now
this guy that has his business here, he
has a zoo in Thailand is being deported
because he simply made use of his
private property law essentially. It's
crazy, man.
>> It's insane.
>> No, it's disgusting what's happening.
But I think that the people are aware of
it for sure. Hence why they need to pay
7K. So
>> yeah, [laughter]
>> we're winning the uh we're winning the
PR cuz I mean the truth always wins in
the end and people can see for
themselves people getting blown to
pieces, kids getting blown to pieces. So
the truth's out there and the truth is
right in front of people's eyes.
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