Other videos and channels that don’t promote white supremacy were demonetized or banned. “When you have both Ben Shapiro and literally Antifa agreeing that YouTube made a mistake, in my view this is apolitical,” Fischer said. Maza tweeted that Fischer’s channel shouldn’t have been demonetized, and so did the Atlanta chapter of the Antifascist movement. “They claimed to have gone through the content that they affected, and frankly I find that hard to believe because nobody at YouTube ever reached out to me, and I think they would understand that my work is about building things for the sake of historical understanding and to provide critical analysis of the very content they were censoring,” Fischer told Forbes.Ĭrowder picked up on Fischer’s experience and used it to bolster his claim of a media conspiracy. The other was the raw footage of a speech given by neo-Nazi Mike Peinovich Enoch.įischer did not intend to promote Holocaust denialism or neo-Nazism, but says he was documenting it One video was shot at this year’s American Israel Public Affair Committee conference and included both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters shouting down a Holocaust denier. Two videos had been removed and his entire channel was demonetized. Fischer is an independent journalist who frequently films protests and licenses the footage to documentary filmmakers and news stations, including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. YouTube’s updated hate speech policy also got off to a rough start.Īfter YouTube rolled out its policy Wednesday, Ford Fischer, the founder of the channel News2Share, checked on the status of his videos. VOX YOUTUBE PRIVATE EDUCATION FREEYouTube is a private company and doesn’t have to abide by First Amendment rules that apply only to the government, but its reach is so large that First Amendment advocates say the platform has the responsibility to protect free speech. Left-leaning Silicon Valley has been particularly sensitive to appearing biased, muddying efforts by companies including Facebook and Twitter to stop hate speech. Prominent right-wing figures, such as Ben Shapiro and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), have come to his defense.Ĭonservatives have for years criticized social media companies for what they say is censoring conservative viewpoints, and some cited the demonetization of Crowder as the latest salvo. He dubbed the entire episode the #VoxAdpocalyspe, which was the top trending topic on Twitter Wednesday night. “Despite YouTube capitalizing on Pride as a marketing campaign, it's clear they have no issue making policy decisions that harm LGBTQ people,” the account tweeted.Ĭrowder, Ted Cruz Say Censorship Is On The HorizonĪfter his channel was demonetized, Crowder took to Twitter in an uproar, saying that he and the others who were punished by YouTube were the targets of a vast campaign to silence “independent creators.” He has retweeted conservative commentators who lament him being punished for “saying mean things” or having opinions others disagree with. “This is a much larger and systemic problem that’s not going to be fixed by demonetizing one channel or getting rid of more white supremacist videos,” Lindsay Amer, the creator of the YouTube channel Queer Kid Stuff, told Forbes.Īmer, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, decided to disable comments on their videos after blocking more than 10 different spellings of the word “pedophile” in the comments section.Ī group of Google employees using the Twitter account “Googlers Against Hate” started a campaign, called #NoPrideInYT, to bring attention to what they say is YouTube’s hypocrisy in having a rainbow logo during pride month while letting Crowder stay on the platform. LGBTQ creators say they regularly face homophobic and transphobic harassment, in the form of YouTube comments or reaction videos from other YouTubers who mock and bully them.
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