Richard Hoeg, in Michigan, with Hoeg Law, talks about the risks
of YouTubers signing up for YT’s self-certification program of
advertiser-friendliness.
Despite a particular user’s good-faith belief that their
content is advertiser-friendly, even for most advertisers, YT’s robots could decide
that some topics are unusually sensitive and could result in demonetizing the
entire channel or, in some extreme cases, completely removing it.
Hoeg seems to have run into an issue where he discussed a conspiracy
theory linking coronavirus to 5G wireless technology (and soon we may have 6G). To most of us, the theory sounds absurd (like
Trump’s playing games with drinking household cleaners for coronavirus, which
caused a real flap online Thursday).
Advertisers and social media platforms indeed are getting
concerned with the intellectual immaturity (or general factual illiteracy) of “average
users” when they encounter conjectural content.
Another concern to keep in mind is that the EU Copyright Directive is so strict (in theory) that YouTube has started thinking about precertifying content creators, at least in Europe, before they can post at all. YouTube had warned about this possibility in the fall of 2918
Another concern to keep in mind is that the EU Copyright Directive is so strict (in theory) that YouTube has started thinking about precertifying content creators, at least in Europe, before they can post at all. YouTube had warned about this possibility in the fall of 2918
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