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Furthermore, even if a user pays for YouTube premium, they do not necessarily receive an ad-free experience - they may still see ads within the video they watch, such as sponsored segments. YouTube has added a "skip" feature, but it has been reported that this does not work consistently.<ref>[https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-now-lets-you-skip-sponsored-segments-but-youll-have-to-pay-for-it-2872784/ YouTube now lets you skip sponsored segments — but you’ll have to pay for it] Dexerto. August 22, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.</ref>

==== Refusal to handle malicious ads ====

A common phenomenon on YouTube's advertisements is content that is mature and/or malicious in nature.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2KdIoRVo8&pp=ygUVeW91dHViZSBtYWxpY2lvdXMgYWRz</ref><ref>https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-explicit-ads-problem-3520285/</ref> Rather than working towards clearing these ads, or acknowledging this advertising content that has been harming consumers on the platform, YouTube moderation has only cut the revenue for these videos that attempt to call out these ads,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRpECEQ0-hg

Credit: DeepHumor</ref> which has been known to make said videos be less-showcased.<ref name=":1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3H8D2LrLHc

Full report from video:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/155yNpfR7dGKuN-4rbrvbJLcJkhGa_HqvVuyPK7UEfPo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.jou9rc5d49jl</ref>

=== Demonetization and censorship  ===

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>

===Crackdown against ad-blockers===

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 Furthermore, even if a user pays for YouTube premium, they do not necessarily receive an ad-free experience - they may still see ads within the video they watch, such as sponsored segments.<!-- I need a source for this. Very obvious statement but it's not like the YT marketing materials are going to outright say this. --> YouTube has added a "skip" feature, but it has been reported that this does not work consistently.<ref>[https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-now-lets-you-skip-sponsored-segments-but-youll-have-to-pay-for-it-2872784/ YouTube now lets you skip sponsored segments — but you’ll have to pay for it] Dexerto. August 22, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.</ref>
+==== Refusal to handle malicious ads ====
+A common phenomenon on YouTube's advertisements is content that is mature and/or malicious in nature.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2KdIoRVo8&pp=ygUVeW91dHViZSBtYWxpY2lvdXMgYWRz</ref><ref>https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-explicit-ads-problem-3520285/</ref> Rather than working towards clearing these ads, or acknowledging this advertising content that has been harming consumers on the platform, YouTube moderation has only cut the revenue for these videos that attempt to call out these ads,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRpECEQ0-hg
+Credit: DeepHumor</ref> which has been known to make said videos be less-showcased.<ref name=":1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3H8D2LrLHc
+Full report from video:
+https://docs.google.com/document/d/155yNpfR7dGKuN-4rbrvbJLcJkhGa_HqvVuyPK7UEfPo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.jou9rc5d49jl</ref>
+=== 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>
 ===Crackdown against ad-blockers===