Is YouTube Shutting Down Phil DeFranco?

Several big youtubers are getting frustrated with changes coming to the site.

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00:00 These goddamn f*cking new YouTube f*cking rules really f*cking suck, don't they?

00:04 F*ck!

00:05 It appears that YouTube is changing the rules for what kind of content that users can monetize.

00:10 And like any major change to any social media platform, the community is not really that

00:15 happy about it.

00:16 Phil DeFranco, who's been making his news commentary show for almost 10 years now, had

00:21 a few things to say on the subject.

00:23 I don't think that I can call you beautiful bastards anymore because apparently that and

00:27 several other things I do are not "advertiser friendly".

00:31 I had heard murmurings, I had heard a few YouTubers talking about it, but we personally

00:34 got hit with it yesterday.

00:36 He explained that YouTube is now flagging certain videos for not being "advertiser

00:40 friendly" and they're not ad-friendly because they might contain strong language or be about

00:44 a sensitive topic.

00:46 Which is basically like his entire shtick and the shtick of a whole bunch of other content

00:50 creators.

00:51 He called it "YouTube is shutting down my channel and I'm not sure what to do".

00:55 I don't know about shutting it down, but I mean they're definitely making some changes.

00:59 Phil makes it clear that he's not really worried about money because his show makes

01:02 a majority of its revenue in other ways.

01:05 He's more concerned about feeling censored or that YouTube is trying to push away a certain

01:09 kind of creator.

01:10 A representative from YouTube actually contacted Phil and gave him a statement that he said

01:14 he'll be sharing in the near future.

01:17 But in the meantime, this is affecting a ton of other big YouTubers as well.

01:21 Jack Dean posted a video on Twitter where he called YouTube and I quote "a bunch of

01:26 f***ing c***s".

01:27 Megan Tonjes titled her video "Does YouTube Condone Rape?".

01:31 She's frustrated that the website seems to be trying to curb discussion of certain controversial

01:35 topics.

01:36 Viewers and fans have also gotten the hashtag trending "YouTube is over party".

01:41 As a creator myself, here's what I find the most troubling is that the guideline itself

01:45 says that videos must be advertiser friendly, but there's no objective criteria for that.

01:50 And I know that YouTube is a company that needs to make money and all of that good stuff,

01:54 but what is the point in making money if it kills the thing that your site is supposed

01:59 to be about to begin with?

02:01 For more trends like this, you can go to whatstrending.com.