Police Officers In Berlin Had To Break Up Fight Between Supporters of Two Rival YouTubers (bbc.com)

More than 100 police officers were deployed to break up a mass brawl reportedly organized by two rival YouTube stars in Berlin. The BBC reports: The fight broke out on Thursday evening on Alexanderplatz square in the German capital, police said, adding that nine people were arrested. More than 400 people had gathered after two social media influencers reportedly urged their fans to join a face-off. As tensions escalated, a large melee involving around 50 people erupted. Officers used pepper spray and tear gas after attempts to disperse the crowds with loudspeakers failed. As police intervened, clashes spilled over in a nearby subway, where rocks picked up from railway lines were reportedly thrown. The YouTubers who reportedly started this mess are named "Thatsbekir" and "Bahar Al Amood," both of which denied that they were at fault for the brawl in social media posts.

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Nothing Compared To The Damage Caused By MSM

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Its tempting to think that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube are the cause of every craze-slash-crazy-persons-event happening. Who I blame is actual Mainstream Media who for many decades have deliberately - and profitably - ignored and censored what real, ordinary people have to go through in the real world. All in the name of social cohesion and economic stability. Of course new outlets like Facebook and Youtube are going to turn into "Volcanos of Crazy" - Hollywood and MSM content has become unwatchably formulaic, so people have taken to following Twitterati, Youtubers and so on instead. There was a street brawl in Germany? Oh noes! That's so much worse than Millions of people having to live with censored news for many decades. In the West, no less, not in Russia or China! Until the MSM fixes itself - or better changes hands - I'm guessing that we'll wake up to more "internet-driven crazyness" in the next years. It gives me hope that today's young seem to chose their own content online, rather than becoming Television and Radio zombies like previous generations have.