January 2nd, 2020
Youtube is Banning all Insults Based on Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in 2020

Youtube is upping their censorship in 2020

       Youtube is expanding its ban on hate speech across its video service program. Google will now remove clips and comments that make “implied threats against individuals or insult people based on different attributes like race, sexuality, gender. They even are willing to remove channels that repeatedly post content that contains this type of language/hate speech.
        
​        “We will no longer allow content that maliciously insults someone based on protected attributes such as their race, gender expression, or sexual orientation,” Matt Halprin, YouTube’s head of trust and safety, wrote in a blog post published today. “This applies to everyone, from private individuals to YouTube creators, to public officials.” There have to be some exceptions to this new integrated policy. In certain contexts, harassment language won’t be removed like documentaries or scripted satire. Youtube will decide if videos meet these exceptions or not, but overall, the new policy should help cut discrimination, racism, hate speech, and cyberbullying across its platform. Hopefully, other social media platforms will take note of what Youtube is doing and possibly implement these policies as well. The internet is open to anyone and everything so cutting down on unnecessary hate would be a great thing for the future of digital media. 

To read more about Youtube’s new policy click here.