YouTube Ups Its War On Gun Channel Creators

By Tom Knighton

YouTube is an interesting place. At the tip of your fingers, you can learn how to replace a part of your car, make pottery, find a discussion of 14th Century warfare, and learn how to start a fire with flint and steel. There’s tons to learn there.

Once upon a time, YouTube was also a good place to get information on guns. You could learn how to swap a barrel on your shotgun and you could learn which new guns were worth the new gun price. It was great.

Then, somewhere along the way, YouTube decided that they needed to screw over those gun channels. It was important that they signal their virtue with regard to guns for the whole world to see. They started demonetizing channels that offered certain kinds of content, mostly things like selling guns or offering gunsmithing tips. Things YouTube believed was somehow morally wrong.

Now, they’ve apparently stepped up their game.

The YouTube Partner Program allows creators to share the AD revenue from advertisements that appear before and after a video. The amount received varies from creator to creator but can range from a few dollars a month to a substantial amount. Some creators are able …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms