r/ElsaGate

18K archived posts · Jun 2017 – Aug 2024

ElsaGate

r/ElsaGate

Investigating the mysteries of the YouTube phenomenon dubbed as "#ElsaGate", where a series of videos produced for children contain inappropriate and disturbing content.

Created Jun 23, 2017 · restricted

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WELCOME TO ELSAGATE:

#ElsaGate refers to a wave of videos being produced by different channels, containing pop culture characters (typically Western) that are shown doing bizarre and usually violent / sexual acts. The reasoning for the existence of these varies. For example - some believe, controversially, that it is a form of communication used by child pornographers; others believe that it is to appeal to children for maximum ad revenue. Others believe that it started as a project for maximum revenue, and has now derailed into bizarre competition. The majority of the live-action videos are made in Russia and the animations in India.

###Frequently Asked Questions

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###RULES:

Be civil. No racism, sexism, homophobia, or anything similar towards anyone. Do not attack/harass other users, even if you feel they’ve broken a rule. Do not incite witch hunts or doxx anyone. If you are writing about a child relative who watches Elsagate, do not insult them for it.
All content must be related to Elsagate. Examples of content that is unrelated to Elsagate include: kids’ videos that aren’t inappropriate in some way, Gacha Life (/r/gachalifecringe), DiamondGate, Youtube marking something for kids (/r/fuckYTCOPPA), or outright porn that doesn’t target kids.
No linking or posting illegal content. If, by any chance, you do come across child porn - DO NOT LINK IT HERE. Discussion is okay, linking it is not - and you are under strict liability according to most countries' laws to report the video to the authorities. If not, you could potentially have your future entirely ruined. Visit https://report.cybertip.org/ to report any illegal content you see.
No vigilantism. Do not ever suggest that someone act above the law (or suggest that you will do so, for that matter) or otherwise attempt to “combat” Elsagate in real life (i.e. making threats to cause harm to the creators of these videos, or wishing the creators of these videos would harm themselves). This is a permabannable offense.
No baseless claims. Every claim NEEDS a basis of some kind. Ridiculous conspiracy theories are frowned upon, and can potentially do irreversible damage to both the integrity of the subreddit AND innocent peoples’ lives. Any non directly Elsagate-related conspiracy such as but not limited to anti-vaxx rhetoric or "the illuminati" will be removed also - we're not that kind of sub, nor do we want to be.
No reposts. Even if it was unintentional, reposts from within the last two weeks are not allowed. Please sort by “new” before posting. Additionally, check r/elsagatereposts for a short index of posts that are never allowed to be reposted.
Be mindful of post restrictions. Currently, posting Minecraft/Monster School and Friday Night Funkin content is banned under any circumstances due to an imbalance of it on the subreddit. Additionally, horror content such as Poppy's Playtime, Five Nights at Freddy's, Squid Game, Pibby, and creepypasta is subject to be removed if it's just gore, since the original sources of such content are MEANT to be scary, violent, and often do not target children on their own. This is at moderator discretion.
Titles and comments that reference suicide/self-harm are banned. If you're joking, it's not funny. If you're serious, this isn't the place. Anti-suicide/self-harm resources can be found in the wiki.
Use screenshot/screen-recording software. Don't take photos of the content via your phone camera or any other device.

^*Child ^porn ^is ^not ^any ^ElsaGate ^video ^that ^has ^children ^in ^it. ^Unless ^the ^CHILDREN ^THEMSELVES ^are ^being ^portrayed ^in ^a ^sexual ^manner ^and ^especially ^so ^if ^they ^are ^not ^clothed, ^it ^does ^not ^constitute ^child ^pornography.

There are thousands of ElsaGate-style videos. Therefore, it is not of any substance to simply post an ElsaGate video that hardly contributes to the discussion UNLESS: the video is exclusively interesting, contains clues or points to information that might be relevant to the community

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