2005 World Events · Counterterror expansion and networked conflict
YouTube founded
YouTube began as a video-sharing platform and soon reshaped media distribution, propaganda, education, and politics.
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What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain
What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2005.
Why it matters
It changed information ecosystems and the visibility of conflict, activism, and lone-actor manifestos.
What is established here
The page faithfully exposes the submitted record and its source boundary. No claim-level evidence packet has yet upgraded the record beyond a research starting point.
What remains uncertain
Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.
Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
YouTube began as a video-sharing platform and soon reshaped media distribution, propaganda, education, and politics.
It changed information ecosystems and the visibility of conflict, activism, and lone-actor manifestos.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2005-003
- Date or period
- 2005-02-14
- Type
- Technology platform shift
- Focus
- Technology / information
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- San Bruno / Silicon Valley, United States
- Coordinate precision
- Coordinate not available or not safely reducible to one point
- Actors named by the source record
- YouTube founders; internet users; media companies
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
No supportable coordinate is supplied for this record. The location label remains descriptive rather than geospatial.
Review location and coordinate boundariesSource and verification boundary
This remains a starting-point record
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Citation and correction
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “YouTube founded.” World Events record 2005-003. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2005/2005-003/