Akamia
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Hello, everyone! Only signed up a few days ago, and now I'm jumping feet-first into a discussion of something that's made waves in the last few days: It appears YouTube is "cracking down" on controversial channels and the like with its monetization policies.
A significant amount of YouTubers have expressed their displeasure over the supposed changes; AlphaOmegaSin uploaded what at least one member in the comment section considered to be one of his largest rants of the year about it, I Hate Everything made a video about it, Secular Talk made a video about it... Needless to say, news and opinions on the supposed changes have been making the rounds.
I would like to submit Google's "advertiser-friendly guidelines" into evidence: Link
Later that day, presumably after all the uproar, this clarification was posted on the YouTube Help Forum: A Clarification on Our Ads Monetization Policies
To be perfectly honest, I'm not entirely sure what this means for the exchange of ideas on the YouTube platform. The clarification letter claims nothing has actually changed with the policies or with how they're enforced, and yet, there are several channels – large channels, at that – apparently suffering from sudden demonetizations on a significant scale. There are concerns, even, that this is a censorship effort – hence my posting this discussion right here; forgive me if this is the wrong place – to the end that YouTube is to become a "safe space", to use some dissenter's words.
Is there anyone here who could possibly explain what is going on? I'm not sure I have the whole story.
A significant amount of YouTubers have expressed their displeasure over the supposed changes; AlphaOmegaSin uploaded what at least one member in the comment section considered to be one of his largest rants of the year about it, I Hate Everything made a video about it, Secular Talk made a video about it... Needless to say, news and opinions on the supposed changes have been making the rounds.
I would like to submit Google's "advertiser-friendly guidelines" into evidence: Link
Later that day, presumably after all the uproar, this clarification was posted on the YouTube Help Forum: A Clarification on Our Ads Monetization Policies
To be perfectly honest, I'm not entirely sure what this means for the exchange of ideas on the YouTube platform. The clarification letter claims nothing has actually changed with the policies or with how they're enforced, and yet, there are several channels – large channels, at that – apparently suffering from sudden demonetizations on a significant scale. There are concerns, even, that this is a censorship effort – hence my posting this discussion right here; forgive me if this is the wrong place – to the end that YouTube is to become a "safe space", to use some dissenter's words.
Is there anyone here who could possibly explain what is going on? I'm not sure I have the whole story.