Inside the market for fake YouTube views: The buyers don't always know what they're getting, and YouTube doesn't always catch the fakes, which can mislead viewershttps://nyti.ms/2B8Pu5c
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But some people have lost thousands of dollars to marketing companies that that promised real social media promotion for their videos, but bought fake views insteadhttps://nyti.ms/2B8Pu5c
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And YouTube can't always detect the fakes. We found them on the channel of RT, a state-owned Russian network, during the same period that YouTube said they had audited it and found no policy violations.https://nyti.ms/2B8Pu5c
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"The only way YouTube could eliminate this is if they remove the view counter altogether," said Vassilev, the fake-view seller. "But that would defeat the purpose of YouTube."https://nyti.ms/2B8Pu5c
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