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How YouTube’s crackdown on “controversial” content is slowly killing comedy, commentary, criticism, and more

?YouTube’s rule changes and recent precedents are making a growing number of genres untenable on the platform.

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On June 5, 2019, as it faced mounting pressure to deplatform comedian Steven Crowder over some of his jokes about former Vox host Carlos Maza, YouTube surprisingly stood up for the right of its creators to speak freely and told Maza and his legacy media allies that Crowder’s videos did not violate YouTube’s policies.

“As an open platform, it’s crucial for us to allow everyone–from creators to journalists to late-night TV hosts–to express their opinions w/in the scope of our policies. Opinions can be deeply offensive, but if they don’t violate our policies, they’ll remain on our site,” YouTube tweeted at the time.

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