On Thursday, many prominent YouTubers staged a revolt on Twitter after the site unveiled "tightened" guidelines to make videos "advertiser friendly" that some are calling overly restrictive. These new restrictions include bans on swearing and anything deemed "graphic," but as one YouTube Creator learned, these rules are broad enough to include discussions of current events and regular news stories.
YouTubers, who make decent amounts of their income via monetized videos on their channels, are not pleased with these new rules and took to Twitter to express their anger with the hashtag #YouTubeIsOverParty.
Seems like @Youtube will be stripping most of my advertising from now on. Oh well.
— Phil DeFranco @ PAX (@PhillyD) August 31, 2016
I'm not going to censor myself. pic.twitter.com/a9upZh6eTY
The trend started when popular YouTuber Phil DeFranco released a video informing his fans that YouTube was de-monetizing about 40 of his videos after they were deemed to be "not advertiser-friendly." While DeFranco says that he recognizes that it's YouTube's right to do this, he doesn't agree with these policies and thinks that the de-monetization policies are effectively YouTube's ways of making sure that only certain types of videos are posted to the site.
Other Creators agreed with DeFranco's sentiment, with many pointing out that a PG, kid-friendly version of YouTube already exists:
*clears throat*
— KING VADER (@iamkingvader) September 2, 2016
Me: soap #YoutubeIsOverParty ?? pic.twitter.com/aiqBVNVApG
If only there was already a way to watch YouTube without sexual humor or profanity... wait... #YouTubeIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/NhQspn8D6a
— Carly (@HerondGrays) September 2, 2016
How YouTube will look soon... #YouTubeIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/YKHtHLx5fH
— Not Will Ferrell (@itsWillyFerrell) September 2, 2016
Meanwhile at Youtube... #YouTubeIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/YosILhquYv
— Sarobi (@Sarobi) September 2, 2016
When you accidentally curse in a YouTube video #YouTubeIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/jhe1I8tloG
— LispyJimmy (@UnitedgamerzHQ) September 2, 2016
I'M SCREAMING ?? #YouTubeIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/l1vnYMOfbv
— isra (@itsisraelsolano) September 1, 2016
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" #YouTubeIsOverParty
— YouTuber Updates (@YouTuberUpdates) September 1, 2016
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