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"Google said it's making these changes in response to frustration from advertisers and content creators about their messages appearing alongside climate denialism."

Then why not give advertisers the option to avoid putting their ads next to climate denialism, as opposed to demonetizing such videos entirely?

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so looks like now advertisers vote what is science ;)

Advertisers pretty much decide what get monetised on YouTube if you think about it - the money YouTube gives out is advertiser money after all.

If that is true then why don't you or someone start a video sharing site for such advertisers who want to advertise next to such content?

2 seconds after starting said site thousands of sock puppet accounts on Twitter declare it a racist website, payment networks cut you off and the creators are doxxed and slandered all over social media and the news

What if climate denialists want their ads next to these videos? Who is getting prioritized?

The people with the money. Obviously.

Of course. It seems that I missread and this was all about advertisers, not about content creators.

Maybe because no advertisers have requested that ability.

It'd be interesting to see Google decide to charge a premium for ads on climate denial videos - pass on no more than the normal share... and put the extra earnings towards fighting climate change. Essentially: a climate change denial tax.

I distinctly remember advertisers saying they would put their ads on demonetised content featuring guns after they banned ads from such so it’s not impossible that some advertisers would be okay with their ads on some controversial content.

How could they have, this is a brand new change. I doubt they asked all advertisers there opinion. The assumption that all advertisers are in agreement on this topic is almost guaranteed to be wrong.

That seems doubtful.

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