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These Are the Words That Get Creators Demonetized on YouTube
“Brazil”, “Idaho”, “Muslim”, “Jews”, “Racism”, “Palestinian”, “Swastika”, and even the name of the 46th Vice President of the USA, “Dick Cheney”.
Yandex Zen Sets Its Sights on Being a YouTube Competitor
The Yandex video service lets bloggers upload videos on Yandex Zen that must be under 15 minutes long, which then get recommended based on established user preferences.
YouTube Says Rule Exceptions Are Made With Content From Some Politicians
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki spoke at The Atlantic Festival.
YouTubers Hit With Security Breaches and Account Takeovers
Phishing Tackle’s CEO James Houghton, who stressed that regardless of the complexity and the coordinated nature of the attack, it was humans and their poor judgment, digital security-wise, that allowed it to happen.
YouTube’s Anti-Conspiracy Algorithm Has Boosted Legacy Media at the Expense of YouTubers
Independent creators are consistently drawing the short end of the stick.
YouTuber CGP Grey YouTube Account Suspended
“Your access to this Google product has been suspended, because of a perceived violation of either the Google Terms of Service or product-specific Terms of Service.”
Major Game Modding Channel MxR Mods Loses YouTube Partnership and Gets Demonetized
Henry Liang, who owns one of the largest and consistently popular modding channels on YouTube, MxR Mods, has received an email from YouTube announcing that they’re removing the channel from the partnership program and demonetizing the entire channel.
EFF Warns That Frantic Push to Crush “Extremist” Speech Online Will Hurt Innocent Users
Hard questions are being asked about the way content is treated and censored online by some of the world’s most powerful platforms.
Congress Drafts Bill to Create “National Commission” for Online Content Removal
The bill calls for a “federal social media task force to coordinate the government’s response to such issues.”
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Says “Sorry for the Frustration” We Caused After Announcing Mass Verification Purge
Yesterday creators who have been uploading to the site for over 14 years, creators with million subscribers, and creators who have been featured in YouTube’s promotional posts were told that they would be losing their verification in late October.
YouTube Strikes Another Blow to Creators, Announces Mass Verification Purge
Yet another policy change that shows YouTube is turning its back on independent creators.
Strikefree Music Provides AI-Generated Music That Won’t Get You Punished by YouTube’s Overzealous Policies
If your livelihood as a creator depends on YouTube, you are probably aware that it can all be taken away all too easily, thanks to the video giant’s copyright infringement system.