Last June YouTube demonetized conservative commentator Steven Crowder after then-Vox writer Carlos Maza called the website out for failing to enforce its anti-harassment policies against him. Now YouTube has quietly reenabled Crowder’s monetization, allowing him to resume earning income from a channel spreading dangerous misinformation such as “Obama Funded China’s COVID-Leaking Lab.”
“Demonetizing was already insufficient, but this decision proves that YouTube has no real interest in enforcing it’s [sic] anti-hate policies,” Maza tweeted on Wednesday. Maza left Vox to be a full-time YouTuber in January, and has been a vocal critic of YouTube’s laissez-faire approach to moderating hate speech. Read more…
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