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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/ …
"One prominent dolphin caught in Youtube's tuna net is Ford Fischer, editor in chief of News2share, whose work is widely used by governments, prosecutors, documentarians, and mainstream news stories."https://boingboing.net/2019/06/06/dolphins-in-tuna-nets.html …
Thank you @politico for including me in your morning tech segment.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2019/06/06/fcc-robocall-vote-awaits-443929 …pic.twitter.com/y7FUzc5Hlk
Thanks as well to @FoxNews for mentioning how I was caught in the crossfire of the Youtube #VoxAdpocalypse
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/youtube-steven-crowder-carlos-maza-vox-adpocalypse …pic.twitter.com/W2id4FOw2T
"It also started pulling down videos from Ford Fischer, an objective news journalist who covers white supremacists" says @TianaTheFirst at @dcexaminer.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/censorship-by-mob-rule-is-awful-but-youtubes-censorship-by-algorithm-is-a-dumpster-fire …
Thanks @dcexaminer @Julio_Rosas11 for writing about this!
"The difference between content that covers extremism for the sake of analyzing and studying it and extremist content should be obvious, but YouTube pretends not to see the difference," [I] said.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/journalists-account-demonetized-after-youtube-targets-hateful-content …
"The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald cited Fischer's case as a prime example of why actions like YouTube's purge are always destined to hurt those who don't deserve it."
Thank you @ggreenwald for standing up for independent journalists.https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/06/journalist-and-educator-among-those-caught-youtubes-latest-attempt-purge-online-hate …
“[My videos] are entirely for the sake of history and news purposes, stated Fischer, “They’ve been used in a couple of dozen documentaries. This is not meant as propaganda for any given side, this is for history and news’ sake.”https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/06/ford-fischer-youtube-censorship-corrupts-the-historical-record/ …
YouTube's decision "pulled the rug out from my income, my entire livelihood," Fischer wrote...
"While unpleasant, this documentation is essential research for history."
Thanks for writing this @jbrodkin / @ArsTechnicahttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/youtubes-anti-extremism-crackdown-targets-journalist-who-documents-extremism/ …
Maybe... just maybe... and hear me out on this guys... YouTube messed up and made all the problems worse.https://twitter.com/broderick/status/1136627453710000129?s=21 …
"The work is meant as raw footage, so people can critique and analyze the tactics and things being said," Fischer said. "...yesterday was a huge swing wiping out the remaining element of my Youtube income."
Thanks @IAmAsarch at @Newsweek for your report.https://www.newsweek.com/vox-adpocalypse-twitter-youtube-steven-crowder-1442652 …
Thank you @benshapiro for mentioning me on your show today.
"One guy's name is Ford Fischer. He's an independent journalist and co-founder of http://News2Share.com ," reports Ben. "He is not engaged in white supremacy. He reports on it."
Youtube should know the difference.pic.twitter.com/T3NG2deOkT
"This includes Ford Fischer, a video journalist and editor-in-chief of the independent news outlet News2Share whose footage has been featured in Oscar- & Emmy award winning films about racial justice, the KKK and the alt-right," reports @lgbtqnation.https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/06/youtube-continues-screwing-policies-racist-content-anti-gay-harassment/ …
Dear @TeamYouTube
Tomorrow night I’m covering the “Dyke March” in Washington DC.
If someone says something vulgar or demeaning to the LGBT activists, I would include that in my video.
Would I be penalized for exposing such behavior on film?
Do you want me to sanitize/ignore?
“@YouTube has struggled... appearing to target some educators and reporters by mistake,” reports @LukeBarnes_92 @thinkprogress. “Ford [Fischer’s]... channel had been demonetized as a result of the new rules.”https://thinkprogress.org/conservatives-cry-censorship-after-youtube-rolls-out-new-anti-extremism-policy-806575176ef2/ …
“Ford Fischer, a documentary filmmaker, said he was also affected.
“Within minutes of @YouTube‘s announcement of a new purge it appears they caught my outlet, which documents activism and extremism, in the crossfire,” Fischer wrote Wednesday“ @DailyCallerhttps://dailycaller.com/2019/06/06/youtube-twitter-conservatives-demonetize/ …
Apparently @RubinReport and @scrowder have spoken about me a bit tonight. I missed it apparently.
Will check out and respond whenever their livestream ends.
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