It’s been very challenging for many conservative channels or websites.

Via Fox News:

In an abrupt reversal amid an ongoing online firestorm, YouTube announced Wednesday that it would block conservative commentator Steven Crowder from making any money on videos he uploaded to the site, following a torrent of outrage from left-wing groups about insulting remarks he made about a gay journalist at Vox.

YouTube, a Google subsidiary, claimed Crowder had engaged in a “continued egregious actions that have harmed the broader community.” At the same time, the company stopped short of banning Crowder and deleting his videos entirely, as many progressive groups and journalists demanded.

But Crowder’s demonetization, in turn, prompted conservatives to renew charges of large-scale censorship and hypocrisy against the big tech giant. Several right-leaning content creators charged that YouTube was engaged in an apparent “purge” Wednesday against their channels, which were not directly related to the Crowder dispute.

“Vox is still going to be pissed; they’re not going to be happy with this,” Crowder said in a video posted to his Twitter account after learning about YouTube’s action, calling the situation a brewing “Adpocalypse.” Crowder has more than 3.7 million subscribers on YouTube.

“It’s not a win,” he continued, “because their goal is to completely get rid of people. We’re at a point in time right now where people can still have a voice, but a lot of people are going to lose their ability to lose revenue.”

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It isn’t just about Crowder, it’s about the encroaching effort to shut down conservative voices in general.

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