YouTube’s “hate speech” rules claim more casualties, this time modeling and tabletop game communities

When YouTube rolled out its controversial new “hate speech” rules, we reported that these rules were resulting in historical videos being deleted or demonetized and preventing people from properly documenting historical events.

Now British model maker Phil Page says that these “hate speech” rules are also detrimentally impacting people in the model making and tabletop games communities who create model vehicles for use in games that are based on alternate history.

Page has been interested in model making and tabletop games for over 40 years and says “the web has been an absolute godsend for the hobby.” He works as a model maker and caster and has created various independent modeling projects via Kickstarter. He often creates models of vehicles or structures that can be used in games.

In June, shortly after YouTube rolled out its updated “hate speech” rules, one of Page’s eight-year-old videos from 2011 was removed by YouTube for supposed “hate speech.”

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