A review by The Seattle Times found that Amazon approved for participation in its affiliate marketing programs an adherent of the ‘Boogaloo Bois’, who advocate overthrow of the US government. Dreamstime/TNS
YouTuber Joseph Mauricio, who goes by Prepper Action, has garnered 9,560 subscribers by posting videos of himself explaining knife-carry laws, modifying handguns and training with a California private militia alongside people wearing patches of the far-right Three Percenters group.
But the top video on his YouTube channel is different: An advertisement for his affiliate marketing page on Amazon.com.
“Hey, it’s Prepper Action,” the voice on the 2020 video says, over an image of a person in a skull mask carrying an assault rifle. “And do I have survival gear for you – on my newly created Amazon storefront.”