Carlos Maza, a video journalist who works for Vox, speaks out after YouTube declined to ban the videos of Steven Crowder, a prominent right-wing personality who Maza says used the platform to attack him with homophobic and racist slurs
New York Carlos Maza, a video journalist who works for Vox is speaking out after YouTube declined to ban the videos of Steven Crowder, a prominent right-wing personality who Maza says used the platform to attack him with homophobic and racist slurs. The company did say it would demonetize the videos, meaning they can't make money off of ads, for"continued egregious actions that have harmed the broader community.
Maza, who is gay and of Cuban descent, spoke to CNN Business on Wednesday, the morning after YouTube announced that Crowder's videos"don't violate our policies."YouTube says it'll ban accounts that promote Nazism or deny Sandy Hook massacre "I don't know what else I could have done," Maza said."To see such clear, obvious examples of abuse that I compiled for them and to still take no action.
— Carlos Maza May 31, 2019 Maza Told CNN that he had privately flagged Crowder's videos in the past to YouTube, but after the company refused to take them down he decided to go public.On Wednesday, Crowder tweeted about the decision by YouTube, saying,"YouTube and Vox have launched an all out WAR on ALL independent creators.
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