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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Mr Beast responds to critics after backlash over video ‘curing 1,000 blind people’

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A YouTuber has responded to criticism over a viral video in which he revealed that he helped 1,000 people get access to sight-restoring cataract surgeries.

MrBeast – who surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-subscribed to content creator on YouTube in the world in November last year with 131 million followers – shared a video on his channel on 28 January in which he says: “In this video, we’re curing 1,000 people’s blindness.”

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