Video sharing site YouTube has offered an apology to its LGBTIQ+ content creators admitting that it’s algorithms had demonetised many of their channels and in some cases added homophobic advertisements before their videos.
In a series of Twitter posts earlier this month the online service provider said they had “let the LGBTQ community down” through “inappropriate ads” and their monetisation policy.
For months high profile YouTube vloggers including Chase Ross, Tyler Oakley and Rowan Ellis have argued that their videos were being flagged as restricted content due to words like “transgender” appeared in the title.
Users also complained that advertisements for anti-gay services such as AskDrBrown Ministries, which has previously called homosexuality “a sin,” and Alliance Defending Freedom, which is defends legal fights by business owners who refuse to serve gay couples on religious grounds, were being placed in front of their videos.
YouTube said they were working hard to “get it right” and offered an apology to those content creators who had been affected.
OIP Staff
