Ads force German xenophobes to hear the plights of refugees
If you want to watch anti-immigrant YouTube videos, get ready to sit through some pre-rolls.
People searching for anti-immigrant YouTube videos in Germany are going to have an awkward time doing so thanks to a novel advertising campaign by Refugees Welcome. The organization has put together a series of 30-second spots featuring real refugees who discuss their situations using a potent mixture of perspective, fact and humor to counter the country's rising xenophobic tide.
The organization is focusing its campaign on people who search for specific keyword strings like "refugees out", "refugees terrorists" and "the truth about refugees." To view any of the hundred or so pieces of right-wing propaganda that those phrases return, users will have to watch an unskippable 30-second ad.
