“A 23-year-old Hyderabad based YouTuber ended his life due to lack of views on his YouTube channel”
What FACTLY found
The victim, C Dheena, posted a letter on his Twitter handle before ending his life. In his letter, he says, he’s been struggling with childhood trauma, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, improper parenting, etc. Additionally, he also mentioned that his YouTube channel ‘seLFlo’ was “probably the happiest thing happened to him”. He felt happy to see the channel analytics improving every month. Also, in the FIR, there is no statement related to his YouTube channel
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 July 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CgZapKODuqt/
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.