VICE News: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World", hN cites it as first-hand, independent reporting on Xinjiang that does not rely on state-sanctioned access.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2019–2022documentaryHN cites it as first-hand, independent reporting on Xinjiang that does not rely on state-sanctioned access.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2026documentaryCited as a vivid demonstration of the scale of Chinese state surveillance, especially in TikTok and privacy debates.
- cited 4× 0 months 2020–2022news clipUsed as an example in debates on rideshare economics and Prop 22 of how platforms can exploit drivers.
- cited 4× 0 months 2018–2019news clipCited as a visual reference in discussions of social credit, surveillance and facial recognition in China, usually with a dystopian framing.
- cited 4× 0 months 2019–2022documentaryHN commenters point to it to explain the religious motivations behind US evangelical support for Israel.
Questions
Which VICE News video does Hacker News recommend most?
China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2019 and 2022.
Is this every VICE News video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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