I wonder if it using “demonetized” as a marketing asset means that the term has now entered the vernacular and we can all agree that social channels actively editorialize the content they host.

He was monetized, but when Russia invaded Ukraine and sanctions were imposed, this included YouTube channels.

He doesn't advertise his content using "demonetized" at all, I have just said he is and am more impressed he is keeping going.

Dang, this is actually really well done. That guy is nuts! Thanks for sharing.

It's a lot easier to move in dangerous countries if you aren't from a nation famous for pillaging it. Americans and Europeans don't fare well in non-westernised African nations because historically, they've been massive assholes who deserve everything they get.

What complete nonsense. Just don’t be a racist gronk and you can move around just fine.

Ye sure snowflake, go on.

I hear your country has a lot of great organisations for people like you. Why not get out and socialise.

I'd seen documentaries on Sudan before but never seen anything like this. It's absolutely unreal how these people live.

Regarding the demonetisation policy:

>YouTube and its sister company Google (both owned by Alphabet), first suspended all advertising in Russia last week after the Russian government asked the tech giant to stop allowing any ads in the country related to the invasion of Ukraine, which started on Feb 24. But YouTube went a step further on Thursday, stopping Russian creators from making any money off of a large percentage of their audiences.

>“This means that Russian creators won’t be able to monetize content from viewers in Russia, but can still make money from ads and other monetization products shown to users in countries outside of Russia,” the spokesperson continued.

So they still can profit over every other country, just not Russians. This means a channel in English with large international appeal (such as this one) will be much less effected than one targeting a local Russian audience. This doesn't seem like the most unfair solution to a company like Alphabet pulling out of Russia.

This man deserves a medal. All of his stuff is great!

Woah careful there it almost sounded like you wanted big tech companies to be responsible for their actions and be held accountable as either a platform or a publisher haha that would be silly.

just be real .. i dont care about skin color or where ppl are from..

i hate ppl equally.

Be black and try to move as a non racist through russia, have fun.

reddit snowflake indeed.

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This dude makes great movies. 👍

Yeah just like the animal abuse fans filming those videos of animals getting killed over at national geographic.

Disgusting.

Lol bro who hurt you?

You seriously letting me say don’t be a racist ruin your day. Damn dude your life sucks.

IndigoTraveller is a really good Kiwi YouTuber who goes to all these very dangerous countries. His video titles are super clickbait and cringe but his videos are actually very well done.

You conclude out of my internet comments that my life sucks?

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you should go and make money with your talent.

Should place himself in Ukraine next and cover the war his country started

That is pretty fucked up, given corporate complicity with other nations' illegal actions and invasions.

He has done one in Ukraine.

Literally everyone is a hypocrite. Hypocrisy is therefore always an extremely weak criticism. Big companies are too massive to always have consistent policy all the time.

Sit down loser no one is paying attention to your shit.

Is there anyone who didn't think the? Is there literally any other way it could work? Who else did you think editorialized it?

Alphabet tolerates huge amounts of pro Taliban, pro CCP, and pro Russian content on YouTube. Like to the extent that it is dangerous , especially the pro Taliban content.

What do you expect them to have sensors that speak other languages? That’d eat away at profits

I mean, freedom of expression doesn't always mean freedom of choosing the right side, whatever the right side may be.

It is very real, as seen in the video, there are other such people across the world too, just not all of them have guns like these tall Sudanese do.

They love to have it both ways is the problem. They can censor whatever they want because “we are a private company “ but have zero liability for allowing literal terrorist content to propagate.

Idk, I understood it differently. I mean the spokespersons conclusion in itself is understandable but what does "But YouTube went a step further on Thursday, stopping Russian creators from making any money off of a large percentage of their audiences." mean? It very much seems like more than just Russian audiences because what else does "one step further" mean if all advertisement IN Russia was already suspeded before this "further step"?

The purpose of pointing out such hypocrisy isn't to just point it out. It's to invite speculation and investigation into the cause behind inconsistent, unfair and unbalanced applications of moral rules.

So instead of inviting good discussion, you should just start it. Why do you think they're being hypocritical here?

Did you not read my first comment?

Yes, they do. Social Media sites are private platforms, which users pay in data to access.

Yes, I am referring to how you simply ask a question instead of doing any thinking or analysis or argumentation yourself.

I didn't ask any questions. I think you're confused.

Except in very egregious instances, it is probably better to let content of a variety of viewpoints exist instead of trying to police which ones are dangerous. It is definitely easier. For the Russian creators it is not about policing their viewpoints, but stopping monetization (which could also reasonably be argued for or against).

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Russian youtuber goes to South Sudan to film local violent conflicts. SPY. SPY. SPY.

Ah ok, thanks

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The recent Haiti ones were amazing.

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