YouTube changes its video monetization policy

The news has fallen like a bucket of cold water to some content creators: YouTube changes its video monetization policy and mainly affects those who participate in its Income Earning Program. Rubén Bastón explains it to you in this video:

YouTube changes its monetization policy and vloggers rebel

This change has created a great controversy in the networks, since it will affect many youtubers who make (large) profits through advertising inserted in their channels and that if they break any of these rules, they will see how it disappears advertising your videos.

Furthermore, if they continue to violate these vloggers, they risk being banned from the program earning income from Youtube.

The list of considers inappropriate to include commercials is the next:

• scenes from suggestive characterincluding partial nudity and green humor
• Violenceincluding images of serious injuries and events related to violent extremism
• Inappropriate Languageincluding harassment, obscenity, and vulgar language
• Incitement to sale, the drug use or abuse and controlled substances
• Controversial and sensitive events and issues such as war or political conflicts, natural disasters and tragedies (although no explicit images appear).

The official announcement ends with the phrase “YouTube reserves the right to do not allow a video participate in the Income Earning Program and suspend this function on channels that repeatedly upload videos that violate our policies”.

YouTube has to answer to its advertisers

The notice is clear, and in a certain way YouTube has to respond to advertisers who pay for their ads in the social network and that they want their products to be related to a healthy public image and without violence, that is and rules.

In any case, it’s not too surprising a move: a few months ago YouTube signed a para eradicate messages of discrimination, violence and hate on the networks, And what better way to start than with content creators who are already earning through the platform.

The reaction of youtubers on social networks

But a reality is that many of these youtubers have achieved so many followers for make local jokes that may not be understood globally in the same way, using swear words to cause gracebeing sarcastic or feigning violence when really just it’s about entertaining.

For this reason, many youtubers are frankly angry about the rigidity with which YouTube changes its policy and even generated that in Twitter become trend the hashtag #YoutubeIsOverParty where vloggers from all over the world speak out against.

In fact, the advertising of some of these content creators has already been deactivated for not complying with regulations and the list is growing, so youtubers see it as a way to censorship of their free expression.

YouTube, for its part, affirms that the monetization policy has not changed, but that it is a improvement in the notification process so that content creators can rectify before publishing. It also clarifies that the video that is not appropriate will not be removed, but simply will not be included in your Income Enhancement Program.

We leave you with some videos of the most famous youtubers around the world who cry out for freedom of expression, and others who simply explain to their followers why there will be changes in the filming of the videos they are used to.

-And what will remain on Youtube after the new policies?
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— tobi went on hiatus (@fwlixwings)

I don’t want to see my favorites like this

— ThorVp Games (@ThorVp)

Oh Youtube, never change <3

— (@Rubiu5)

Damn I won’t be able to get my channel of girls exercising anymore 🙄

— KAREN POLYNESIA👐🏿 (@PPTeamKaren)

Do you think these changes are fair or do you think they are exaggerated?

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