It describes itself as offering freedom of speech,[2][3] while the service is known for hosting far-right individuals, conspiracy theorists, and hate speech.[a] Some creators who use BitChute have been banned from YouTube; some others crosspost content to both platforms or post more extreme content only to BitChute.[4][16] Before its deprecation, BitChute claimed to use peer-to-peer WebTorrent technology for video distribution,[1] though this was disputed.[17][18]
