YouTube Demonetizing More Gun Channels

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Posted May 17, 2019 2:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Once upon a time, YouTube represented the best of what the internet can be. Anyone could post anything they wanted and you could go and watch videos on pretty much anything.

Sure, they were crappy videos most of the time–something that, in fairness, hasn’t changed all that much–but it was like almost anything that wasn’t porn was fair game.

Then they became big business. People started actually making money on the platform. As a result, YouTube figured they had a say in just who could make any of that money. After all, it’s their platform, right?

Over the last few years, gun channels have come under fire from YouTube, though. Firearm YouTubers have had to take the blame for mass shootings after mass shootings, all despite the fact that absolutely no evidence has been presented that any of these people had anything to do with gun YouTubers.

Doesn’t matter. They’re cracking down.

In fact, they’re doing so yet again.

In pertinent part, the email reads (emphasis added):

We want to help keep people safe both online and offline, so we don’t allow the promotion of weapons-related content that may lead to damage, harm, or injury. For this reason, ads may not be …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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