Description
Online extremist content is influencing real-life violence. To creators, it’s free speech; it’s also big business. CBC’s the fifth estate travels from Nashville to Calgary to eastern Europe on the trail of two Canadian companies that help creators turn bigotry into profit.
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0:00 - The deadly cost of online hate
11:41 - Following the 'alt-tech' money trail
22:44 - The billion-dollar shield
33:43 - An industry without borders
#TechEthics #OnlineExtremism #documentary
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For more than five decades, the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Mark Kelley, Steven D'Souza and Ioanna Roumeliotis continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians — delivering a parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.
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CREDITS: THE FIFTH ESTATE
51-12 Friday, March 20, 2026
The Business of Bigotry?
producer/director
Rachel Ward
writer
Ioanna Roumeliotis
investigative journalist
Eva Uguen-Csenge
video editor
Anne MacRae
additional research
Matthew Pierce
editing support
Scott McCormack
senior videographer
Jonathan Castell
principal photography
Ousama Farag
additional photography
Gorjan Atanasov
Monty Kruger
Yanjun Li
David Mercer
Pelin Sidki
Turgut Yeter
location sound
Marko Rikaloski
archival material
CP Images
Entropy
Fox News
GoyimTV
NBC
NewsChannel5
Prism Live
Reuters
Rumble
Shutterstock
Melissa Alvarez
German Corea
Ebony White
Andrea with the Bangs/Apple Podcasts
Rachel Constantinidis/Facebook
Chris Pavlovski/Instagram
David Bell/LinkedIn
Emmanuel Constantinidis/LinkedIn
Rachel Constantinidis/LinkedIn
Crowder Bits/Rumble
Mark Collett/Rumble
Mark Collett/Entropy
Nick Fuentes/Rumble
The Alex Jones Show/Rumble
Viralhog/Rumble
Viral Video UK/Rumble
Donald Trump/Truth Social
White House
AbroaderHome/YouTube
Orthodox Christian Podcast/YouTube
Entropy/YouTube
Nasdaq/YouTube
Macedonia2025/YouTube
Rachel Constantinidis/YouTube
Andrea with the Bangs/X
Entropy/X
visual research
Leslie Morrison
graphic designer
Tim Kindrachuk
post audio
Michael Banani
colourist
Scott McIntyre
interpreter
Carlos-Daniel Figueroa
for IRL
Denica Chadikovska
Saska Cvetkovska
Aleksandar Janev
Borjan Stojanovski
for OCCRP
Kevin G. Hall
William Jordan
special thanks
Frothy Monkey Nashville
rollout producer
Leanne Stepnow
social media producers
Danny Burke
Alex Soloducha
Brian Vinh Trinh
digital producer
Janet Davison
media management
Laurel Robinson
resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Dragan Maricic
associate directors
Julia Bradley
Carmen Smith
packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni
coordinating associate director
Jane Wilson
senior producer
Emmanuel Marchand
executive producer
Allya Davidson
original broadcast
March 20, 2026