{"id":349825,"date":"2021-03-30T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=349825"},"modified":"2021-03-30T11:31:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:31:02","slug":"steven-crowders-youtube-account-locked-demonetized-crowder-hints-action-weve-got-something-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steven-crowders-youtube-account-locked-demonetized-crowder-hints-action-weve-got-something-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Crowder\u2019s YouTube Account Locked, Demonetized. Crowder Hints Action: \u2018We\u2019ve Got Something For Them\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsteven-crowders-youtube-account-locked-demonetized-crowder-hints-action-weve-got-something-for-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=349825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4511.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>YouTube has demonetized and locked conservative commentator Steven Crowder\u2019s account for allegedly violating the platform\u2019s community guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube blocked Crowder from uploading new content to his channel for one week and pulled one of his videos that the platform said violated its rules against spreading misinformation about the 2020 election. YouTube also booted Crowder from its YouTube Partner Program, which allows creators to run ads on videos and turn a profit, indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to monetize on YouTube, channels must comply with the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/1311392?hl=en\">YouTube Partner Program policies<\/a>, which include our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/intl\/en-GB\/about\/policies\/#community-guidelines\">Community Guidelines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/adsense\/answer\/48182?ctx=checklist\">Google AdSense program policies<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6162278?hl=en\">Advertiser-Friendly Guidelines<\/a>,\u201d the platform told The Daily Wire in a statement. \u201cChannels that repeatedly violate our policies are suspended from the partner program. In addition, we removed a video from Steven Crowder\u2019s channel for violating our <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/2801973?hl=en\">presidential election integrity policy <\/a>and applied a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/2802032?hl=en\">strike<\/a>, meaning uploads are suspended for one week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crowder first announced YouTube\u2019s action against him in a Monday Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNBS7AYhNVC\/?igshid=oena4pbidrjq\">post<\/a> accusing the platform of manipulating its community guidelines to target conservatives. He also teased having \u201csomething for them [YouTube]\u201d in response to his ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been warning about this for a long time and now it\u2019s here. BigTech, and specifically Youtube, have painted a target on Conservative\u2019s backs for years, with yours truly being target&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/1\/\">#1<\/a>,\u201d Crowder wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, Google\/YouTube just fired a HUGE shot across our bow. They are no longer enforcing \u2018community guidelines,\u2019 but creating entirely new ones with the express purpose of removing any and all Conservative voices of dissent,\u201d he charged. \u201cFor the crime of investigative journalism, we are forbidden from uploading, posting or live-streaming for an entire week on the main channel. Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve got something for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YouTube has demonetized Crowder once before, suspending his channel from its partnership program for over a year, from June 2019 to August 2020. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/youtube-re-monetizes-steven-crowder-over-a-year-after-it-banned-ads-on-his-content\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported in August:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16.032934131737\">\n<p><em>YouTube reinstated Crowder into its Partner Program on Wednesday after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-steven-crowder-youtube-demonetizing-him-james-barrett\">suspending<\/a>&nbsp;him on June 5, 2019, over comments and jokes he made about then-Vox journalist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dw-site-staging.dailywire.com\/news\/youtube-wont-ban-steven-crowder-vox-reporter-amanda-prestigiacomo\">Carlos Maza<\/a>, as well as for selling merchandise with the label \u201cSocialism is for f*gs,\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubefilter.com\/2020\/08\/12\/youtube-reinstates-monetization-steven-crowder-harassment-carlos-maza\/\">Tubefilter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At the time it demonetized Crowder, YouTube had conceded that none of Crowder\u2019s content had violated its hate policies. The video platform ultimately decided to pull advertising off of Crowder\u2019s content after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/12\/21365601\/youtube-steven-crowder-monetization-reinstated-harassment-carlos-maza\">stating<\/a> that the commentator had engaged in a \u201cpattern of egregious actions\u201d that \u201charmed the broader community and is against our YouTube Partner Program policies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Feb. 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-steven-crowder-announces-lawsuit-against-facebook\">Crowder<\/a> announced he was suing the social media giant Facebook for cutting off his election night livestream. The conservative commentator is suing Facebook for alleged fraud, false advertising, and monopolistic behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going after Facebook based on its own words and its own promises,\u201d Crowder\u2019s attorney Bill Richmond told The Daily Wire at the time. \u201cThey removed the biggest stream that has ever existed, from the biggest platform that\u2019s ever existed, with no reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has demonetized and locked conservative commentator Steven Crowder\u2019s account for allegedly violating the platform\u2019s community guidelines.YouTube blocked Crowder from uploading new content to his channel for one week and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311381,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4511.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Steven Crowder\u2019s YouTube Account Locked, Demonetized. 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