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YouTube takes a hard look at reality in Geneva

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YouTube takes a hard look at reality in Geneva

If you think YouTube is just music videos and jokes in poor taste, you probably haven't visited the site in a long time. Some of the web's most popular entertainers have been using their fame and fan bases to draw attention to very serious issues, as Cleo Lahitte discovered when she attended the Royaume de Web event last month in the Swiss city of Geneva.

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