[9] Oliveira posted a video in January 2020 where he attempted to soak up a pool using a large number of paper towel rolls.
[13] A man was filmed while suffering from a drug overdose without his consent, which a harm reduction and recovery expert called "disgusting".
[17] YouTuber Mark Laita had previously interviewed the Whittakers and created a GoFundMe account purportedly to help the family buy a house.
[18] He posted a video to YouTube about Springfield shortly after, with AI-generated images and memes interspersed between interviews, gaining 4.5 million views within ten days.
[20][19][21] The video also featured recordings unrelated to Springfield, including the arrest of a woman in Canton, Ohio, for eating a cat and gang members marching in a street in Haiti.
[19] Several news outlets noted Oliveira as a part of a larger trend of right-wing influencers who traveled to Springfield based on false allegations of Haitian immigrants eating pets.
[4] His most popular videos frequently feature non-consensual recordings of homeless people having mental breakdowns and suffering from drug addictions.