YouTube is Demonetizing Videos About Coronavirus; Creators Unhappy

COVID-19, more popularly known as the coronavirus, is a pandemic that is not only sweeping the nation but also the media. Many news and social media websites are swarmed with articles and posts regarding the latest news and opinions of the coronavirus. However, one popular social media is demonetizing its content creators for mentioning or talking about the coronavirus: YouTube.

This isn't the first time where YouTube has demonetized videos about sensitive subjects in the past, as they have demonetized countless videos regarding the status of a "loss of life, typically as a result of a pre-planned malicious attack" per the company's advertising guidelines. Some examples of events they have demonetized include the Las Vegas shooting and New Zealand shooting. While YouTube demonetizes videos for using the word "coronavirus", they also demonetize videos for referencing the coronavirus in some way. When YouTubers tried to talk about the Game Developers Conference (GDC) being canceled, they got hit with demonetization as well.

However, not everyone gets demonetized. YouTubers such as Casey Neistat and Phillip DeFranco have criticized YouTube for giving news channels preferential treatment regarding sensitive subjects. News channels often run videos about sensitive topics with ads because they provide the ads themselves.

I understand that YouTubers are trying to make some money, as some see YouTube as a job and that job is the only one that they have, but if YouTube is demonetizing videos about a topic that you really want to discuss, just talk about something else.

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