YouTube would have listened to its creators. After the demonetization of many videos due to the presence of profanity, the platform could back down. For several weeks, videographers have been concerned about a new language policy deemed too harsh.
“Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard from a lot of creators about this update,” Michael Aciman, a YouTube spokesperson, told TechCrunch. “This feedback is important to us and we are in the process of making some adjustments to this policy to address your concerns.”
In November, the company had wanted to do eye candy to advertisers. He had beefed up his automatic swear detection tool. Therefore, companies wanting to advertise on YouTube have been lucky to find videos guaranteed to be free of profanity.
“My entire livelihood is in jeopardy”
These terms became effective at the end of December. Daniel Condren, head of the RTGame channel (followed by 2.76 million people), was alarmed to see his economic situation diminished.
In early January, French creators saw some of their videos demonetized. They were particularly outraged to see terms like “Rican” (for “American”) or “bleeding” being considered slurs.
If the YouTube rules should be changed, nothing indicates at the moment how it will be. “We will update our community of creators as soon as we have more information to share,” said Michael Aciman, a YouTube spokesman.
Source: BFM TV
