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FWIW, youtube has been demonetizing videos that promote conservative POVs. (Edit: Gee, I didn't think this would upset people enough to attract so many downvot

FWIW, youtube has been demonetizing videos that promote conservative POVs. (Edit: Gee, I didn't think this would upset people enough to attract so many downvotes. Looks like I was wrong.)

fjert 9y ago
I am willing to wager that more action will be seen with regards to LGBTQ channels being demonetized than conservative channels. Google never really tried to hide their left leaning biases.
- huffmsa 9y ago
  Well no, they fired a guy just for saying that the company is a hug box, with the note "you're not allowed in our hug box."
  - dang 9y ago
    Would you please stop posting inflammatory comments about divisive topics (regardless of how strongly you feel or how wrong someone else is)? We ban accounts that do that repeatedly on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- aaronchall 9y ago
  I follow liberals and conservatives on Twitter - this is the first I've heard of them "demonetizing" anything associated with liberalism - everything I've been seeing is them "demonetizing" content by conservatives.
- patryn20 9y ago
  Anecdata, a lot of the popular conservative user-generated content on YouTube I've come across tends to trend negatively towards "black people are causing all this crime and police drama", "I don't hate LGBT people, I just think their sexual preferences should be criminal again", etc. I don't think YouTube is purposefully demonitizing videos on conservative fiscal theories.
1337biz 9y ago
Thefore I like this post and development very much. When free speech on the converative side is under attack, the argument of the now seems to be 'nazis must be silenced'. The more YouTube's ideological punishment practices come in the open, the better!
sp332 9y ago
It does mention this near the end of the article.
superkuh 9y ago
This isn't really a political issue despite the linked articles stance or your response. What both say is true, but politics isn't the motivation. It's general gentrification and pushing away the potentially controversial in order to bring in more ad money. I personally noticed it first when all the machining channels that discussed homemade firearms were demonitized. The difference in this case is that the claims made by op's article are legally actionable under protected class laws.

FWIW, youtube has been demonetizing videos that promote conservative POVs. (Edit: Gee, I didn't think this would upset people enough to attract so many downvotes. Looks like I was wrong.)

fjert 9y ago

I am willing to wager that more action will be seen with regards to LGBTQ channels being demonetized than conservative channels. Google never really tried to hide their left leaning biases.

huffmsa 9y ago
Well no, they fired a guy just for saying that the company is a hug box, with the note "you're not allowed in our hug box."
- dang 9y ago
  Would you please stop posting inflammatory comments about divisive topics (regardless of how strongly you feel or how wrong someone else is)? We ban accounts that do that repeatedly on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
aaronchall 9y ago
I follow liberals and conservatives on Twitter - this is the first I've heard of them "demonetizing" anything associated with liberalism - everything I've been seeing is them "demonetizing" content by conservatives.
patryn20 9y ago
Anecdata, a lot of the popular conservative user-generated content on YouTube I've come across tends to trend negatively towards "black people are causing all this crime and police drama", "I don't hate LGBT people, I just think their sexual preferences should be criminal again", etc. I don't think YouTube is purposefully demonitizing videos on conservative fiscal theories.

1337biz 9y ago

Thefore I like this post and development very much. When free speech on the converative side is under attack, the argument of the now seems to be 'nazis must be silenced'. The more YouTube's ideological punishment practices come in the open, the better!

sp332 9y ago

It does mention this near the end of the article.

superkuh 9y ago

This isn't really a political issue despite the linked articles stance or your response. What both say is true, but politics isn't the motivation. It's general gentrification and pushing away the potentially controversial in order to bring in more ad money. I personally noticed it first when all the machining channels that discussed homemade firearms were demonitized. The difference in this case is that the claims made by op's article are legally actionable under protected class laws.