<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div style=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Dr. Strangelove" <<a href="mailto:Michael@Strangelove.com" class="">Michael@Strangelove.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: <videovortex> YouTube Demonetization Screenshot Leaks + Secret YouTube Meeting</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">12 December 2017 2:39:11 pm GMT+1<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Geert Lovink <<a href="mailto:geert@xs4all.nl" class="">geert@xs4all.nl</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class=""><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="">Greetings,</font></p><p class=""><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="">Demonetization does not
present a problem for creativity and expression. Demonetize
YouTube, Demonetize capitalism. <br class="">
</font></p><p class="">Creativity, expression, and radical change do not require an
economy.</p><p class="">We need an anti-economy.<br class="">
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Fuck YouTube. Eat the rich.<br class="">
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Dr. Strangelove<br class="">
The Value System<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/2017 8:06 AM, Geert Lovink
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><p id="posttext" class="">Hello,<br class="">
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Allow me to preface first with a few things before we get into
this. I am a YouTuber. I am posting this anonymously because I
feel the information should get out, as it could benefit
creators with insight, but I also am concerned by the potential
repercussions sharing these things could bring about. <br class="">
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I was contacted some time ago by a person who was a viewer of my
work. This person (henceforth known as “my contact”) worked for
a company that ended up being connected to Google/YouTube. I
will not provide too many details about this person in order to
protect them, but they became my “eyes and ears” behind the
scenes on what was going on with YouTube’s new policies and
policy enforcement (things they’ve refused to be upfront or
direct about). In the midst of “codes” and creators trying to
further figure out how to tell if their content is at risk, I
felt the need to release this with my contact’s blessing. <br class="">
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Google, some months ago, put out a job posting which required a
number of different people to work on one project. Google
claimed in the posting that they needed a third party company to
work as “web search evaluators.” My contact worked for the
unnamed company that put in for the job and was accepted by
Google. My contact didn’t know what to expect from the job, but
was told to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement in order to be a
part of it. My contact accepted and signed the NDA. That is when
things changed. <br class="">
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Once the NDA was signed, my contact found that they weren’t
working as a “web search evaluator.” They were demonetizing
YouTube videos. They would be given YouTube videos to review and
had a checklist of sorts to go through to be sure the video fit
(or didn’t fit) certain criteria. You can see screenshots from
my contact’s end in this post via Imgur. <br class="">
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One of the most important things to take away from this is that
if the person reviewing the video wouldn’t feel comfortable
watching the video in public, it should automatically be
demonetized. My contact stated that the company told them that
if they were on the fence about a video and didn’t really know
if it violated any of YouTube’s new “rules,” to demonetize the
video anyway. Also, if the reviewer doesn’t find anything listed
that’s wrong with the video, they are allowed to insert their
own personal belief on something that is sensitive or
inappropriate and can have the video demonetized that way, as
well. <br class="">
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Here are the screenshots from the third party company’s
viewpoint:<br class="">
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DEMONETIZATION LEAKED SCREENSHOTS: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/uTLTS" rel="nofollow" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://imgur.com/a/uTLTS</a><br class="">
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This will hopefully provide insight for creators who are
confused on how YouTube decides what is okay and what isn’t.
Truthfully, it’s not really YouTube who is deciding it. It’s the
employees at the company they hired to review the videos. It’s
my belief that anytime you request a manual review, these people
are the ones conducting it, and they can demonetize for whatever
reason they see fit, even if they personally disagree with the
content or message. This could explain why many videos that
don’t violate any known criteria can still be demonetized by
manual review. Because the reviewer thought it should be based
on their own reasoning. <br class="">
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Now, as for the secret meeting, which may or may not tie into
this whole issue (you decide if you think it does)... <br class="">
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This all started to take effect after YouTube held a private
meeting with select creators. Obviously the media issues gave
this all a violent shove into reality, but YouTube had been
ramping up to make changes before this all came to pass. A
different contact of mine was involved in the secret meeting
with YouTube, which took place around mid 2016 at a Google
office in Los Angeles. The meeting had one purpose: to discuss
what should be done with unwanted creators on their platform.
Some unwanted channel names that were mentioned were
Leafyishere, GradeAUnderA, Keemstar/DramaAlert, Scarce, and
Onision.<br class="">
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In attendance were a number of higher ranking individuals from a
few different departments at YouTube. CEO Susan Wojcicki was not
in attendance. <br class="">
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All the creators in attendance were made to sign NDAs. The
creators were asked what they felt should be done about the more
toxic channels on YouTube. There was no conclusion from
YouTube’s end, but it was agreed upon that no censorship or
channel deletion should occur and that something else should be
done. Months later, demonetization began sweeping the platform
and hindering the growth of countless channels. Now many of us
know the reasons for this. Ad companies got spooked by offensive
content that was monetized. However, I am unsure as to whether
or not the demonetization is enforced as strictly as it is to
also help drive certain unwanted players off the field, in
keeping with what concerns were discussed at the meeting. <br class="">
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I hope this information proves useful to some of you. That’s all
for now. If we can get this information around, I feel it will
at least help creators get a better grip on what they’re up
against. Share the screenshots, make videos discussing it, or
simply observe, whatever you feel is best for you. <br class="">
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I wish you well,<br class="">
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-TD</p>
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