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Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by alpaca128 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:05PM (#27837759)
> Hosting someone's video for free without even interrupting it with ads seems like the opposite of censorship to me.

Doesn't demonetization on YT just mean the ads still run but the money doesn't flow to the creator anymore? Considering YouTube does it that way with copyright claims and also automatically added ads to previously ad-free videos just because they could, it would surprise me if they'd remove video ads by themselves.

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Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by Nasrudith on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @09:35PM (#27840575)
No that is from copyright claims and the holder's desire.
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Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:30PM (#27838042)
No, because the whole issue is advertisers refuse to have their ads shown with certain types of videos. The ads go away. Johnson and Johnson doesn't want their ads shown next to Nazi propaganda, so demonetization pulls advertising entirely.
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