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===Demonetization and censorship<!-- Maybe consider changing the title for this section... --><!-- Potential sources that require further studying before integration https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050921024467 https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3555209 -->=== | ===Demonetization and censorship<!-- Maybe consider changing the title for this section... --><!-- Potential sources that require further studying before integration https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050921024467 https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3555209 -->=== | ||
Since at least 2016, YouTube has had an extensive record of censoring content that is demonetized.<ref name=":1" /> Within understandable circumstances, legitimately malicious or offensive videos would be demonetized and should not be shown on the platform, however, how videos are considered to be demonetized has had a harmful impact upon both viewers and content creators. Trans creators on YouTube for example, have experienced unfair censorship via demonetization since 2018.<ref>https://archive.yr.media/journalism/outloud/trans-youtubers-say-they-are-being-censored-and-an-algorithm-may-be-to-blame/</ref> Content creators affected by this unfairly balanced moderation via algorithms<ref>https://bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2018/05/01/adpocalypse-how-youtube-demonetization-imperils-the-future-of-free-speech/</ref> have dubbed these events as "adpocalypses".<ref>https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18231561/youtube-child-exploitation-predators-controversy-creators-adpocalypse</ref> | Since at least 2016, YouTube has had an extensive record of censoring content that is demonetized.<ref name=":1" /> Within understandable circumstances, legitimately malicious or offensive videos would be demonetized and should not be shown on the platform, however, how videos are considered to be demonetized has had a harmful impact upon both viewers and content creators. Trans creators on YouTube for example, have experienced unfair censorship via demonetization since 2018.<ref>https://archive.yr.media/journalism/outloud/trans-youtubers-say-they-are-being-censored-and-an-algorithm-may-be-to-blame/</ref> Content creators affected by this unfairly balanced moderation via algorithms<ref>https://bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2018/05/01/adpocalypse-how-youtube-demonetization-imperils-the-future-of-free-speech/</ref> have dubbed these events as "adpocalypses".<ref>https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18231561/youtube-child-exploitation-predators-controversy-creators-adpocalypse</ref> | ||
==== Irresponsibly automated moderation ==== | |||
When YouTube integrated the ability to take down videos via the ''Digital Millennium Copyright Act'' (DMCA), they decided to often handle takedown requests in an automated manner.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Jines |first=Chuck |date=Mar 4, 2025 |title=ABUSE – How DMCA automated takedown notices violate free speech |url=https://www.chuckjines.com/abuse-dmac-automated-takedown-notices-and-free-speech/ |access-date=Mar 28, 2025 |work=Chuck Jines}}</ref> This automation has led to an excess in fraudulent DMCA takedowns of content,<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/itanshi |date=Mar 27, 2017 |title=I'd like to talk about the problem with anonymous DMCA take down notices. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/5zzr9c/id_like_to_talk_about_the_problem_with_anonymous/ |access-date=Mar 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=The Civil Rights Lawyer |date=Jul 21, 2021 |title=“Lackluster” Gets a Fraudulent Copyright Strike for Dashcam Footage and Now We Sue |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPqtT88PT9Y |access-date=Mar 28, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> even going so far as to have Bungie call out YouTube in a legal case for their negligence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brodkin |first=John |date=Mar 28, 2022 |title=Bungie slams YouTube’s DMCA system in lawsuit against Destiny takedown fraudsters |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/bungie-slams-youtubes-dmca-system-in-lawsuit-against-destiny-takedown-fraudsters/ |access-date=Mar 28, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Andy |first=Maxwell |date=Jun 24, 2022 |title=Digital Trails: How Bungie Identified a Mass Sender of Fake DMCA Notices |url=https://torrentfreak.com/digital-trails-how-bungie-identified-a-mass-sender-of-fake-dmca-notices-220624/ |access-date=Mar 28, 2025 |work=Torrent Freak}}</ref> These takedown requests have ranged from users impersonating corporations, to users impersonating other users.<ref name=":3" /> | |||
===Crackdown against ad-blockers=== | ===Crackdown against ad-blockers=== | ||