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Gregory Chism

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Greg Chism is a former YouTube content creator from Granite City, Illinois, best known for operating the Toy Freaks channel, which featured his two daughters in controversial and disturbing videos and accumulated billions of views before being terminated by YouTube in November 2017 for violating child endangerment policies. The channel, which had over 8.5 million subscribers, was part of the broader Elsagate phenomenon and was removed after public backlash over content that many viewers felt bordered on abuse and exploitation. No criminal charges were filed against Chism following investigations by multiple law enforcement agencies.

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Greg Chism | Lawn-care YouTuber turned viral content creator | Profiled in NYT Magazine as a cautionary tale of platform-incentive capture | "Followed the platform's incentives into bizarre 'Bad Baby' videos that generated 13 billion views before his channel was banned"

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