The film racked up 8 million views and gained major traction with climate deniers and right wing groups thanks to YouTube hosting it and featuring it on Earth Day.
It then offers population control as the solution to the climate crisis.
It’s something environmental groups and climate scientists have been pushing for since the film’s Earth Day release, though for different reasons.
Climate denial, in particular, is big on the video streamer’s platform and another source of the company’s profits.
A study last year found that conspiracy theorists and misinformation dominate the platform’s climate science content, and Planet of the Humans is the most high profile addition.
The film’s director, Jeff Gibbs, is trying to bring the film back online.
One fewer terrible YouTube video alone won’t fix the climate misinformation crisis, but at least the company won’t keep making money off it.
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