![]() ![]() The company later backtracked on its decision. "This channel is demonetized due to continued egregious actions that have harmed the broader community," YouTube wrote in a statement hours later. "To be reinstated, he will need to address all of the issues with his channel."Ĭrowder runs his own series on the platform called "Vox Rebuttals" - a response to Maza's "Strikethrough" - which offers a right-wing perspective on topics discussed on the Vox series. "Crowder has not instructed his viewers to harass Maza on YouTube or any other platform and the main point of these videos was not to harass or threaten, but rather to respond to the opinion," a representative for Google, which owns YouTube, wrote to USA TODAY in an e-mail Wednesday. After an investigation from YouTube, the company said it will not delete the inflammatory videos or ban Crowder from the platform. Last week in a viral Twitter thread, Vox journalist Carlos Maza - who hosts the video series Strikethrough - said he has faced harassment for two years from right-wing YouTube political commentator Steven Crowder. This decision came hours after YouTube unveiled a revised "hate speech policy" that would ban more objectionable content from its website. YouTube announced Wednesday that it will temporarily pull ads from a conservative commentator after backlash about the company's prior position on allegations made by a journalist accusing the channel of promoting "racist and homophobic" content. ![]() Watch Video: YouTube responsible for the rise in flat-Earthers: study ![]()
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