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Early one morning, an organized and targeted harassment campaign erupted across social media platforms, particularly aimed at YouTube channels critical of The Acolyte and other Disney Star Wars content. Hundreds of posts simultaneously flooded platforms demanding action against channels like Geeks and Gamers, Nerdrotic, and others, accusing them of spreading hate and bigotry.
The core narrative was that these critics were engaging in hate speech, racism, misogyny, or bigotry—labels used repeatedly to silence dissent. Demands were made for YouTube to demonetize and deplatform these channels, effectively silencing a significant portion of the independent Star Wars critique community.