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 …
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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 …49 replies 101 retweets 698 likesShow this thread -
"Documentary channel News2Share, which primarily published footage of anti-Trump protests, was also demonetized."https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/youtube-block-discriminatory-content …
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“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/# …12 replies 61 retweets 457 likesShow this thread -
Ford Fischer Retweeted TeamYouTube
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 …Ford Fischer added,
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"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 …
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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.#VerifyFord10 replies 77 retweets 608 likesShow this thread -
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.14 replies 89 retweets 476 likesShow this thread -
Ford Fischer Retweeted Doge Cemetery
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 …Ford Fischer added,
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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
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So let me get this straight. Crowder can’t sell tee shirts and a self funded independent frontline journalist gets demonetized? @FordFischer is part of a small group who uses their own money to document hate in America. None have a salary @TeamYouTube
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