YouTube’s reviewing mistake could cost Shane Dawson thousands of dollars

Shane Dawson’s new hour-and-a-half-long exploration of conspiracy theories was demonetized by YouTube for 12 hours — not because of its focus on conspiracy theories, but because of a reviewing mistake.

The new video from Dawson, one of YouTube’s most popular creators who has over 20 million subscribers, has amassed more than 7 million views since being posted last night. The video contained multiple ad spots when it was first published, but those ad placements disappeared only a couple of hours later. Although Dawson’s conspiracy series is sponsored, he didn’t receive any advertising revenue for those crucial hours.

Dawson’s video has since been remonetized, but it was originally cut off because it included a clip of footage showing a...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205059/shane-dawson-conspiracy-theories-youtube-demonetized

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