Personmang said:
Youtube is allegedly going to start censoring content and people are already blaming it on "SJW" and feminist boogeymen.
I heard about this. Apparently YouTube is demonetizing videos that violate an updated ToS or something. Among those are no profanity, no graphic violence, and no content that discusses controversial or political issues. Some are saying that there's a bot or algorithm that is checking out video details and what their content relates to. It's a response to an advertiser or two complaining to Google about not wanting their ads associated with such.
It's not outright censorship, but it's putting a stranglehold on YouTubers by denying future earnings unless they undergo self-sanitization and editing of their content. I'm expecting AlphaOmegaSin and others who aren't exactly conservative or libertarian to join said groups on how bullshit this is. I can understand some advertisers wanting to distance themselves for the sake of not losing revenue, but to nag YouTube into this act won't go over well.
I know YouTube is a privatized site that is subject to Google (and a lot of issues have stemmed from these exact details), but to deny those who have their own channels and views a chance to express them and profit from them if they have a large enough viewer base does come across to me as infringing upon First Amendment rights (yes, I've read the Bill of Rights; this does fall under a violation, although the area involved is a lot more legally gray than people would think). This is likely to be a big story in the next few days.
