so in the last 24 hours both Shane
Dawson and James Charles have had their
twitter accounts hacked and this is a
big problem that we definitely need to
talk about what is up everybody this is
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of Shane Dawson and James Charles
getting hacked on Twitter like both of
these two have had canceled culture and
internet hate mobs come after them and
we're gonna be talking a little bit
about how that might affect them in the
future but this is really important
because like we live in the Internet age
and a syphon cancel culture like being
hacked this could happen to anybody so
at the end of the video I'm going to
talk about some ways that you could
protect yourself because it's something
that I definitely had to look into when
people on the internet started coming
after me and just you know putting
myself out there right because we all
you know need to protect our privacy so
yeah for those of you who don't know I'm
Shane Dawson was hacked yesterday
morning and oh my god I felt so bad for
him like he ended up getting it back the
first thing I will say before I forget
you see one of your favorite youtubers
get hacked on Twitter or anybody on
Twitter somebody posted this like
reporting and say this account has been
hacked like with the massive audiences
people like Shane Dawson and James
Charles have I think the best thing to
do is flood Twitter with notifications
that their account has been hacked so it
just stops because the people who are
doing this it was actually the same
people who hacked both Shane Dawson and
James Charles so anyways this happened
yesterday morning to Shane Dawson I felt
bad because like the dude and it's like
all night long and he's working on his
new series with Jeffery star so I'm
pretty sure he's been up all my editing
and he was probably asleep while this
was happening but these guys hacked his
Twitter here's some screenshots I've
edited a little bit some vulgar stuff
some racist stuff and things like that
but like first off like I don't know I
don't know what's gonna happen but like
I really hope you have people out there
or just anybody out there looking to do
something stupid really pays attention
to this like these guys are faces like
hey here's where to find us right and I
don't know how like internet forensics
work but I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea
to like promote your other Twitter
accounts and like your discord server
and everything like that but anyways I'm
Shane Dawson to my knowledge hasn't even
addressed it yet I know Geoffrey starr
said something on snapchat like oh my
god like somebody had came by anyways
like I felt super bad for Jane Shane
this went on for maybe like an hour or
two and then Shane got his account back
and all those tweets they got deleted so
today it happened to James Charles the
exact same group did this alright so
this was much quicker James tall's ended
up getting his account back a lot
quicker all right so that's good now
what are the major issues that we see
like with this group that's hacking
people I'm gonna talk about how it's
happening too as well as some ways to
protect yourself many ways this group
they they said you know use this hashtag
and tell us who you want us to hack next
right and like please don't engage with
that do not promote this type of
behavior that's what keeps it going the
same thing with like doxxing it's a lot
and all that kind of stuff like like man
like don't don't promote that don't
engage with it all right like just
denounced it don't give them the
attention that they want so much stuff
is done just to get attention especially
when it comes to you know messing with
other people right so anyways like how's
this happening um keemstar tweeted this
out and I don't know the specifics of it
but anyway it's like he says in this
tweet it sounds like it has something to
do with AT&T as a service provider so if
you have AT&T maybe like call them and
see if there's something you could do to
prevent it
it sounds like they're calling and
switching like SIM card information and
I don't even know how that's possible
like with the the service provider that
I use which I'm not gonna say which one
it is like I have to have like specific
information to give them right like
there's some security questions and
stuff like even just to talk about my
billing so if you're an AT&T customer
beware and if any of my youtuber call
the he's out there watching this like
just know this has happened to two
youtubers already I know a lot of us
aren't nearly as big as James Charles
and Shane Dawson but protect yourself
alright so one thing that is interesting
not even interesting but we need to look
at is James Charles was starting to be
held hostage and this is something that
we saw happen to Whitney Cummings
recently it also happened to Bella
Thorne where they got hacked and the
hackers are trying to hold them hostage
by saying like oh I have access to your
nudes or whatever and I'm gonna leak
leak them unless you pay me money right
so it was just like last week where the
comedian Whitney Cummings had this
happen and she ended up just exposing
ourselves to said look I'm not gonna be
held
you know hostage by this I'm gonna I'm
gonna release it myself Bella Ford did
the same thing James Charles just did
the same thing and I don't know the
specifics of that but it sounds like the
hacker said hey we have this what are
you gonna do to give it to us so James
released it himself
and I'll say this like this is one of
the most empowering things I think
you do in this crappy situation it's
just like yo like you ain't gonna hold
me hostage and I think it's I think it's
kind of cool for like body positivity
and stuff like that like don't go
plastering in Boots
on Twitter or anything like that but I'm
glad some of these celebrities like
James Charles Whitney Cummings
that'll thorn are basically saying like
yo you're not gonna you know hold this
as leverage over me you know but it just
it just sucks man that you know people
have to worry about that because then it
turns into like this kind of like
victim-blaming thing and stuff like that
and that's that's not cool like this
ideology like oh just don't take them
then you don't got to worry about it's
like well how about people just quit
hacking other people and being d-bags
you know what I mean like let's blame
the perpetrators not the victims of this
but the other thing I was thinking about
which is pretty scary like so when when
the internet came after me it was one
stupid DM that got leaked I was really
trivial right and I'm thinking about how
you know people like Shane Dawson and
James Charles like if they got hacked
their Twitter accounts got hacked and I
don't know how much access they had to
their phones but like how much
information these hackers were able to
get before then like I'm worried for
them and what might come out or what
might get Lee to just just little DMS
that you could send or text messages can
be just twisted taken out of context
like we saw this happen with James
Charles with this talk to Westbrook
situation that happened right like Jim
Charles they had this inside joke about
I'm a celebrity and then talk to us what
kind of twisted that so like if they had
access to their DMS like that could
potentially become an issue but like I
said both James Charles and Shane Dawson
has had like the internet hate mob come
after them for different things and
here's one of the reasons I feel bad for
them like Shane Dawson we've all seen it
he's had to explain things that he did
in the past like when he had more edgy
humor and stuff like that those things
still come up and now there are going to
be
shots out there things that came from
Shane's Twitter account when he got
hacked and now he's gonna have to
explain that right like I just imagined
you know two three four years from now
somebody pulling these hacked tweets
from Shane Dawson and then trying to
accuse him of being a racist like it's
messed up all right so I made a video
the other day that really hasn't gotten
that many views but like here's one of
the issues with just bad actors on the
internet a journalist by the name of
Taylor Lorenz she she got doxxed you
know and this is something that we have
to worry about as creators
so like any creators watching this like
I highly recommend you talk with local
law enforcement see what you could do to
prevent being swatted that is much more
dangerous than people of you know guys
you know in incidents like that but also
daxing like do whatever you can to scrub
the Internet of your private information
like there are some companies that do it
and I'm not sure what the company's
names are I just kind of went through
and did it myself but it's something I
don't worry about like once you have
people who disagree with your opinions
online or don't like who you are like
having a Republican from me or your
private information out there it can be
very dangerous so the last thing I want
to talk about is VPNs so some of you
have probably heard of VPNs and just by
the way no this is not sponsored but
Nord VPN or Express V pit if you're
watching this video I want to sponsor
brother you know where v be all right
but VPNs are very helpful um you've
probably seen a lot of youtubers be
sponsored by VPNs like Nord VPN or
expressvpn I know Philip DeFranco has
been sponsored by him drew Gooden
he was just sponsored by like expressvpn
I think Liam lush so basically what this
does is it masks your IP address all
right now I'm a little bit of a computer
nerd so bear with me if this gets a
little too nerdy for you by 2019 so I
think a lot of people know this stuff so
if you have an internet connection you
have an IP address
all right and that IP address can be
traced back to your physical address and
this is an instance where I've seen many
people get doxed or people get swatted
because they weren't protecting their IP
address so what a VPN does is it makes
it look like you're in a different
location like when I show my location it
could say that I'm in like Germany or
something you see what I mean
so that's what VPNs are helpful now
something that I heard but I'm not sure
cuz I'm not a hacker
I heard it's easier to find your IP
address when you're doing live streams
alright so like whenever I do a live
stream if I'm just doing like a Q&A or
streaming video games or whatever I make
sure I turn on the VPN because it can be
easier to hack you while you're live
streaming so if this is something that
you're worried about I highly suggest
you check them out and and like support
creators like I said a lot of creators
have been sponsored by these companies
not me but some of the people I listed
go find theirs use their code and like
how did you support creators if they
have a link for a service that you're
going to use like use their link because
it helps support them so even if you
can't like do that patreon or buy their
merch or whatever if it's something that
you're already buying use that it helps
support the creators like when I built
my website recently I used Squarespace
and I love philipdefranco so I found one
of his videos where he was sponsored by
Squarespace and used it but anyways I
hope this information helps some of you
out there kind of protect yourself and I
hope youtubers out there you kind of
think about this stuff again if you have
a TMT like find out about this hopefully
this is something that AT&T fixes if
there's anything I left out on how to
kind of protect yourself and protect
your online safety like let just have a
conversation down in the comments below
because I'm sure there are many many
things that I miss but anyways I hope
the best for Shane Dawson and James
Charles I hope they catch this chuckling
gang or whatever they call their little
squad of mist
I hope these guys get caught and it's
made an example of you know what I mean
but anyways don't don't encourage this
type of behavior it's it's it ain't cool
well I think it's like I said my new
book canceled is out now I dive into
YouTube cancer culture internet mob
mentality psychology behind it and a
bunch of different instances that have
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