YouTube will no longer allow conservative pundit Steven Crowder to run ads on his YouTube channel after a tweet thread from Vox host Carlos Maza outlined several instances of Crowder using homophobic language. YouTube’s decision to suspend monetization comes just one day after the company stated it wouldn’t remove Crowder’s channel.
(Disclosure: Vox is a publication of Vox Media, which also owns The Verge.)
A new tweet from YouTube’s support team states that the company “came to this decision because a pattern of egregious actions has harmed the broader community and is against our YouTube Partner Program policies” after further investigation of Crowder’s channel. Crowder’s content will no longer be eligible for ads through YouTube’s…
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