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"Some videos could remain up because they discuss topics like pending legislation, aim to condemn or expose hate, or provide analysis of current events."
So far, @YouTube has not lived up to that. My work was used in in "Breaking Hate" with @cpicciolini, from that channel.pic.twitter.com/6VrlelYFyf
My Youtube channel is a hub for research and resources for filmmakers. You can see the dozens and dozens of projects, mainstream and indie and all places in between (like @vice) that use my work.
Deleting history and news that researchers need... is badhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm6336785/
Independent content creators already struggle with being paid for their labor, and demonetization has been a huge detriment - but applied video-by-video. Removing it from the entire channel is a huge blow to someone like me.
@YouTube, do better.
I hate asking for money online, but Patreon will be more critical now that my work on Youtube will be fruitless financially. I will continue for the service it provides to researchers, documentarians & the public. But it costs money to film, and to live.https://patreon.com/fordfischer
I hate to say it, but @minds is the only social media platform I trust to never do this kind of censorship/demonetization.
These situations are what make new platforms popular. Join me there and you can rest assured we'll be safe.https://www.minds.com/register?referrer=fordfischer …
Jesus F’ing Christ @YouTube.
This all happened because of @scrowder.
YT is claiming they’ll remonetize him if he just removes a tee-shirt he sells with a homophobic slur on it.
@TeamYouTube, can you give me narrow, precise instructions like this?https://twitter.com/teamyoutube/status/1136356046887313408?s=21 …
Youtube is providing cover for the very people they claim to be combatting when they cast a wide net that removes every kind of content creator.
When Youtube demonetizes @scrowder and I in the same purge, they create a false equivalence.
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1136363165476937729 …
I agree with ... "Lefty-Desiree McLeftyFace Slaps back w Milkshakes" (yes, that's the actual name of the verified account I'm citing here).
@YouTube is at fault here.
People from every side will push them to action. The action was theirs.https://twitter.com/TinaDesireeBerg/status/1136365883071258624 …
Ya I probably should have told my partner at @N2Sreports @aletweetsnews that everything is on fire and we're in the center of a political online shitshow.https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/1136366413793374208 …
Just to bring the irony of this whole situation into perspective, @voxdotcom is considered the pressure at @YouTube to do this.
Here's an article by Vox that uses my work.
Clearly, they wouldn't have wanted YT to go after someone like me.
Right?https://www.vox.com/2018/8/12/17681558/unite-the-right-dc-metro-private-train-cars-vienna-foggy-bottom …
"Documentary channel News2Share, which primarily published footage of anti-Trump protests, was also demonetized."https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/youtube-block-discriminatory-content …
“I don’t have any salary whatsoever. I live in DC and travel the country covering activism because I think it’s important — especially in this political moment — to have raw documentation of everything that goes on” said Ford Fischer. via @LibertarianBluehttps://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/05/youtube-cuts-off-conservative-independent-journalists-after-vox-outrage-campaign/# …
I just want to put this here to note that I'm still waiting to hear from @TeamYouTube, who did promise to "pass this along for you."
They have my email.
I want to talk and solve this.https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1136377601679867910 …
"What is rare about News2Share is that they do not push an agenda, which had lead to their recordings being used in multiple documentaries and movies that have won awards" writes @USPoliceProblem.https://americaspoliceproblem.com/2019/06/05/youtube-chose-to-include-independent-news-in-massive-purge/?fbclid=IwAR2U0tIdMnGY5S-y6uD7kzY2KmcUcTjszsAlabA0PXyiXPDKt1GOshxEsM8 …
I just want to point out that while @YouTube figures out how to fix the giant mess it made by demonetizing my channel, @Twitter @TwitterDC would come out a hero if they made me @verified.
#VerifyFord
bottom line: my @YouTube is about current events for the purpose of understanding them being able to provide critical analysis.
That’s what the channel causes. Documentaries and newscasters use it as such every week.
Demonetization is shutting down analysis of current events.
I can’t emphasize enough that nobody with knowledge of this @YouTube situation thinks this was rolled out well.
@RiotDoge, an anti fascist who tracks far right stuff, says only one of the 20 channels they track got affected.
This was totally misguided.
https://twitter.com/riotdoge/status/1136373359762186241?s=21 …
I want to point out that without any comment on the issue between @gaywonk and @scrowder that seems to be the backdrop for this whole issue, both seem to agree that I was a bystander caught in the crossfire.
@YouTube goofed no matter who you are.pic.twitter.com/4CQ9cMi381
Indeed, the ban has already ensnared one undeserving account: Ford Fischer, an independent journalist and co-founder of News2Share. Fischer covers fringe political events, but he is not himself engaged in the kind of behavior YouTube has declared verboten.https://reason.com/2019/06/05/steven-crowder-youtube-carlos-maza-speech-videos/ …
Well I got mentioned in @FortuneMagazine. That’s neat, but ironically, it’s because of me losing my livelihood.
I film activism. Documentaries, news outlets, non-profits, everyone uses my work.
Covering/researching extremism does not an extremist make.http://fortune.com/2019/06/05/youtube-bans-supremacist-videos/ …
Today, @YouTube pulled the rug out from my income, my entire livelihood.
Follows are awesome. People tweeting to YouTube is cool.
But I need income to support my work after people forget about this. Please support me on Patreon: http://Patreon.com/fordfischer https://twitter.com/fordfischer/status/1136334778670518273?s=21 …
Thanks @kathygriffin. I do appreciate knowing people in high places of all stripes are looking at this issue.
It touches everyone. This isn’t about the political right.
They should own the issue of anti-censorship.pic.twitter.com/9l5D4BuQMo
Someone on 4Chan is claiming @gaywonk threatened me into saying I don’t consider what Youtube did to be his fault.
Let me get out in front of this to say: This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. It is obviously false.
Youtube did this. That’s all.pic.twitter.com/cYUaOeBYrE
On a day that’s been really hard both on principle and for the loss of my literal livelihood, I’m so grateful to everyone who joined my Patreon.
If you like my raw video work, consider joining.
Either way, continue telling @YouTube they need to fix thishttps://www.patreon.com/FordFischer
“Ford Fischer, a journalist and editor of News2Share, was also hit for documenting activism and extremism... The platform demonetized the rest of his channel and all future videos.”
-@stillgray at @humanevents
#voxapocalypse #voxpocalypsehttps://humanevents.com/2019/06/05/adpocalypse-silencing-steven-crowder-leads-to-youtube-censorship-tsunami/?nab=1&utm_referrer=https://www.google.com/ …
While today has mostly only gone from bad to worse, I’m happy to see @mrallsophistory - a literal history teacher caught in this mess - had his account restored.
YouTube considered him to be platforming Nazis for having literal WWII-era news footage.https://twitter.com/mrallsophistory/status/1136438460603142145?s=21 …
Alright guys. Today has been crazy. I have 6 interviews tomorrow already lined up from media asking for them. I’m going into “do not disturb” mode on my phone. Media inquiries: fordfischer@news2share.com My lovely Twitter friends: Goodnight.pic.twitter.com/2p7x2Y1j85
Email from Youtube this morning: "Hi News2Share, As 2019 marches on, we want to make things easier for you so you can do more of what you love."pic.twitter.com/AyXwjfFGSN
A big thank you to the Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom for having the courage to stand up for independent journalists like myself.pic.twitter.com/WPmgjfcJgi
Fire up those translator apps, my English-speaking friends.
Great article by @FilterNyheter, an independent Norwegian news site covering - amongst other things - political extremism and digital media.https://filternyheter.no/youtube-slar-ned-pa-hat-og-rasisme-tar-samtidig-inntektene-fra-journalist/ …
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