Finfluencer Promotions Are Getting Worse

00:00 - Intro 04:38 - Polymarket Scandal 07:58 - Sketchy Stock Promotions 12:31 - AI Promotions 14:13 - Research Paper 14:40 - How is this Legal? 17:10 - Penalties 19:54 - What Can Be Done Today, we’re revisiting an issue of finfluencers promoting sketchy companies, and adding in the recent Polymarket scandal that’s come up. Original investigation into YouTube stock promotions: https://youtu.be/-Q3g-6jFl2c Voidzilla video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-EH5dryuU WSJ Article:https://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5 Politico Article: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/polymarket-paid-political-influencers-00932789 Research Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2025.2546061 Spreadsheet of promotional stock videos from original investigation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NgOmPul65qG_S7I774bc7YfFtL7cWsz6GtSabXhGKwQ/edit?usp=sharing Whistleblower/complaint links US SEC: https://www.sec.gov/submit-tip-or-complaint Canada: British Columbia: https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/report-to-us/about-the-whistleblower-program Ontario: https://www.osc.ca/en/enforcement/osc-whistleblower-program?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22843442618&gbraid=0AAAABATsC0UprtXTNAd_8B6LpV7xdXnwF&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsMLSBhD9ARIsAIpUTDoRVO91mNqzmsAt1_QFfLXxp1QTICqEaFho0YqqFu3HSG1lm60I2foaAiCMEALw_wcB Alberta: https://www.asc.ca/en/enforcement/office-of-the-whistleblower Quebec: https://lautorite.qc.ca/en/general-public/assistance-and-complaints/whistleblower-program Saskatchewan: https://fcaa.saskatchewan.ca/apex/f?p=200:299:0::::CUR_GRP_ID:3365066&cs=1913E003773ABF20536A289E6519434C2 Manitoba: https://mbsecurities.ca/complaints-guidance/file-a-complaint/index.html Nova Scotia: https://nssc.novascotia.ca/enforcement-proceedings-orders New Brunswick: https://fcnb.ca/en/online-services/submit-a-complaint PEI: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/justice-and-public-safety/filing-a-complaint-with-securities Newfoundland: https://www.gov.nl.ca/jps/whistleblower/