Creators
YouTube will age-restrict more videos, killing virality, and some users will need to hand over ID to watch
Creators will be concerned about how this impacts their views and livelihood.
Guitar teacher Gareth Evans’ YouTube channel threatened with deletion after mass copyright strikes
Evans says YouTube has provided him with no information on which aspects of his videos are supposedly violating copyright.
President Trump and Carpe Donktum sued over meme
The lawsuit also claims that the creation and sharing of the satirical meme caused “fright and shock.”
Articles that simply report on Tenet piracy are being censored from Google over false copyright claims
DMCA abusers are casting a wide net.
Zuckerberg personally tells President Trump his rhetoric is “problematic”
Facebook is giving itself a veto on what can be said around the election.
YouTube’s bogus monetization system continues to harm creators
And YouTube’s support on the issue is Kafkaesque at best.
YouTube admits its over-zealous “wide net” moderation has been deleting non-violating content
During lockdowns, more than half of appealed videos are being reinstated.
Commentary YouTuber Leafy banned for “harassment”
Commentary channels are increasingly at risk on the platform.
Mt Holyoke college social media guide on recommended speech says compliments can be “fatphobic”
More and more institutions want to control what people say.
Anime publisher Shogakukan issues DMCA notice against Google for Dictionary term “magi”
Bulk DMCA strikes from publishers are an increasing censorship problem.