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Themes and arguments.

The arguments put forward or contested in the videos, grouped by theme and by period. Our local model draws them from a sample of political sentences, then they are checked against the sentences; each quote links back to its video.

The theme

Technology

Political sentences about technology, technique or innovation, or about tech companies and their leaders.

Reliability of the classifier 0.95F1 0.63checked precision The method
Period
Last 7 days Last 3 months* 2026* 2025* 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2009–2017

The last seven days are read again every day. * provisional, part of the period’s videos are still to be transcribed. Greyed out, reading pending.

287
political sentences on the theme
63
sentences read
Gemma 4 31B
read on 6 October 2026 at 03:59
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 9.1% 15 videos
  2. Manosphere 6.1% 1 videos
  3. Conspiracism 29.2% 3 videos
  4. Culture 9.9% 1 videos

Mean share, per video, of the political sentences on the theme; each video counts once, from 20 political sentences.

Where the theme’s sentences come from
  1. Far right 83% 239 sentences
  2. Manosphere 1% 2 sentences
  3. Conspiracism 13% 36 sentences
  4. Culture 3% 10 sentences

This split follows the size of each orientation’s corpus. It describes the channel selection, not the weight each side gives the theme.

Arguments come from a sample shared by the territories. Only excerpts from channels in the selected country and their associated arguments are kept here; counts are recalculated.

The arguments

What is put forward, and by whom.

Each card opens on all its sentences; each quote links back to its video.

  1. Carried by Far right 3Conspiracism 2

    « En théorie, tout système connecté à Internet... pourrait potentiellement être exposé à une attaque d'essai dit « a », autonome, et être utilisé comme une arme contre l'humanité, avertisse certains chercheurs, notamment les hôpitaux, les universités, les centrales nucléaires, les […] »

    « people who are afraid that they will lose their job because of artificial intelligence. So I want to call all the other political parties to be engaged, to work all together, »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  2. Carried by Far right 2

    « 90 000 emplois et possibilités de stages liés à l'IA pour les jeunes Canadiens, tout en renforçant la compétitivité de nos entreprises. Voilà, donc ça va être à surveiller, il va y avoir des beaux programmes là-dedans. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  3. Carried by Far right 1Conspiracism 2

    « comment l'intelligence artificielle pourrait-elle détruire l'humanité les craintes existentielles liées à i a i a pour l'intelligence artificielle et non pas pour il a tremblé ne sont pas nouvelles et existe depuis que ce concept a captivé l'imagination humaine »

    « which appears to be this sort of bioterrorism activity using artificial intelligence. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  4. Carried by Culture 1

    « Puis, en fait, Meta n'est pas nécessairement très bien reconnu pour ses pratiques éthiques concernant les données. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

The videos

Where the theme weighs most.

Videos of the last four months, ranked by the share of their political sentences the classifier assigns to the theme; each record opens in a side panel.

  1. Analysis of Existential Risks and Political Stakes of Artificial Intelligence Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur Libre-Penseur · 30 September 2026 · record
  2. Ce soir Bill Gates et L’I.A. 09 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 10 September 2026
  3. Comments on Political and Technological News in Canada and the United States NLB - FreedomNews · 30 September 2026 · record
  4. Patricia Tardif Coach et nos 5 valeurs fondamentales Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur Libre-Penseur · 24 September 2026
  5. Analysis of surveillance and political financing in Quebec Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 26 September 2026 · record
  6. Presentation of Québec solidaire's proposals for families and AI Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  7. Analysis of trade tensions between the United States and Canada and miscellaneous news NLB - FreedomNews · 30 September 2026 · record
  8. Debate on climate change and the political influence of climate Theovox tv · 1 October 2026 · record
  9. Discussion on rising fuel prices and tensions in the transport sector Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur Libre-Penseur · 30 September 2026 · record
  10. 24 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 25 September 2026

The percentage is the share of the video’s political sentences assigned to the theme (at least 20 political sentences and 5 on the theme).

The periods

The theme, year by year.

Political sentences on the theme by period; click a period to show it. The number also depends on the share of videos transcribed, which varies a lot from year to year.

82 2009–2017 21 2018 11 2019 14 2020 410 2021 1.2k 2022 2.2k 2023 6k 2024 4.5k 2025* 777 2026*
How the arguments are drawn

The theme’s political sentences are drawn at random by period, with quotas per orientation and a cap per channel and per video. Our local model reads the sentences without knowing their channel or orientation, groups those making the same argument, separates those reporting it in order to contest it and sets aside those off the theme. Orientation shares and quotes come from the sentences, never from the model. The last seven days are read again every day.

The detail in the method
Project paper