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Elsagate

Elsagate proper noun: the controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations.

Proper noun

Elsagate

  1. (Internet, neologism) The controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations.
    • Just a few months after the Pizzagate debacle, Elsagate was formed with a very similar playbook: a group of amateur sleuths using open-source intelligence to fight a hazily defined evil threatening helpless children.2017 December 8, Russell Brandom, “Inside Elsagate, the conspiracy-fueled war on creepy YouTube kids videos”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2017
    • Videos that are in the Elsagate category are not hard to identify. Typically, they feature Spiderman^([sic]) and Elsa together and are extremely low-budget videos without much structure or plot.2019 August 2, Sherri Gordon, “Keeping Your Child Safe on YouTube After Elsagate”, in Verywell Family, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2020

Elsagate meaning in Malay and Indonesian

Elsagate in Malay

Internet controversy
Elsagate

Elsagate in Indonesian

Internet controversy
Elsagate

Origin of Elsagate

From Elsa + -gate, after the protagonist of Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen whose likeness often appears in the videos.

Questions about Elsagate

What does Elsagate mean?
Elsagate means the controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations.
What is Elsagate in Malay?
Elsagate in Malay is Elsagate. See Elsagate meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is Elsagate?
Elsagate is a proper noun.

Words near Elsagate in the dictionary

  1. Elrods
  2. Elron
  3. Elroy
  4. els
  5. Elsa
  6. Elsagate
  7. elsamitrucin
  8. Elsan
  9. Elsanna
  10. Elsans
  11. Elsas

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