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{{Website Infobox
| name = Youtube
| image = YouTube_Logo.png
||type = video sharing
|website = https://www.youtube.com/ youtube.com}}

== About ==

Youtube is a famous website were one can upload user content videos. <ref>Youtube (Know Your Meme) - [https://archive.is/F8ZDI]</ref>

== Origins ==

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. <br />
The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. <br />
Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

== Role in Gamergate ==

It worked as information center, until few Youtubers went aGG, tried to raise personal armies, retired from GG etc.

'''VoxAdpocalypse'''

In June 4, 2019, Carlos Maza, who is part of the Vox Media Union and made a milkshake tweet,<ref>Milkshake Them All (Tweet/archive) - [http://archive.fo/X0KYe]</ref> was trying to start an adpocalypse on Youtube, due to Steven Crowder hurt his feelings.<ref>Keemstar (Tweet/archive) - [http://archive.fo/dZwdW]</ref> 

In June 5, 2019, Youtube decided to not censor Steven Crowder, because his videos do not violated their policies.<ref>YT Decides to Not Censor For a Change, States That Steven Crowder's Videos Allegedly Harassing Vox's Carlos Maza Do Not Violate Their Policies (KIA) - [https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/bwwpeo/youtube_decides_to_not_censor_for_a_change_states/]</ref><ref>YT Decides to Not Censor for a Change (KIA/archive) - [https://archive.fo/njlbJ]</ref><ref>Team YT Tweet (archive) - [https://archive.is/EUKbX]</ref>
{{Quote|"As an open platform, it's crucial for us to allow everyone - from creators to journalists to late-night TV hosts - To express their opinions w/in the scope of our policies. Opinions can be deeply offensive, but if they don't violet our policies, they'll remain on our site. Even if a video remains on our site, it doesn't mean we endorse/support that viewpoint. There are other aspects of the channel that we're still evaluating - We'll be in touch with any further updates."}}

Eventually, due to Maza sending information to YouTube, they backtracked on their "It's crucial for us to allow everyone" stance.<ref>Team YT (Tweet/archive) - [http://archive.is/r54Zh]</ref> When Crowder got demonetized content creators have theories of why Carlos decided to get Steven Crowder now (and hurt YT in the process) and not earlier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7_20vFddfE

Around June 19, 2019, Memology101 discovered that this new adpocalypse and Youtube demonitizing and banning the content creators was due to the Vox Media Union merely due to YouTube being Vox's primary income source.<ref>VoxAdpocalypse Memology101 (Tweet/archive) - [https://archive.fo/fwTiZ]</ref> The VMU wanted salary changes, but feels as though the issue wasn't getting enough attention as it is, so they decided to go completely scorched earth on Youtube.<ref>Memology101 Reveals That the VoxAdpocalypse was Done for a More Ulterior Motive to Gain Attention to the VMU (KIA) -[https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/bxh3uz/memology101_reveals_that_that_voxadpocalypse_was/]</ref><ref>Memology101 Reveals That the VoxAdpocalypse was Done for a More Ulterior Motive to Gain Attention to the VMU (KIA/archive) -[https://archive.fo/by322]</ref>


=== The YouTubePurge Due to VoxAdpocalypse ===

InfElePo made a small list recording those that have been banned, demonetized, or had some of their videos deleted. <ref>InfElePo's list (Twitter) - [https://twitter.com/InfElePro/status/1136357291635236866]</ref><ref>InfElePo's list (Twitter/archive) - [http://archive.is/LPWjr]</ref><ref>Current List of Newly Banned, Demonetized, and Deleted YTers (KIA2) - [https://www.reddit.com/r/kotakuinaction2/comments/bx8j0u/current_list_of_newly_banned_demonitized_and/]</ref><ref>Current List of Newly Banned, Demonitized, And Deleted YTers (KIA2/archive) -[https://archive.fo/H8ny2]</ref>

'''Banned -'''

* Cultured Thug
* Xurious
* YouKipper
* The Great Order
* Varg
* Mr Allsop History
* Patrick Slattery

'''Demonetised-'''

* Sandman
* The Red Elephants
* Know More News
* Andy Warski
* Deep Fat Fried Podcast
* Jesse Lee Peterson
* Iconoclast
* Tailed Feature
* Ford Fischer
* Dan Dicks
* Revenge of The Cis
* Martin Sellner
* James Allsup
* Steven Crowder
* Red Ice TV
* SinatraSays
* Avi Yemini

''' Videos Deleted - '''

These content creators had some of their videos deleted by Youtube and without their consent.


* Angelo John Gage
* E;R
* American Renaissance
* Ryan Dawson
* E Michael Jones
* The Higherside Chats
* Bre Faucheux
* Owen Benjamin
* Count Dankula
* Gavin McInnes
* Milo
* Black Pigeon Speaks
* Drunken Peasants
* Press For Truth
* J.F. Gariepy

== Known GGers in Youtubers ==

[[Honey Badger Brigade]] -

[[Mundane Matt]] -

[[Northernlion]]

Thunderf00t - 

THE BEST GAMERS -

Gaming Anarchist -

The Game Anthropologist -

ShortFatOtaku ft. cameralady -

LordKat a.k.a. FearTheKat -

Matthewmatosis -

[[Total Biscuit]] -

== [[GameJournoPros]] ==

These are the members that are part of the [[GameJournoPros]] e-mailing list.

* [[The Gamegoat]]

* [[Super Bunnyhop]]

== See Also ==

[[YouTube producers]]<br />

[[Vidme]]<br />

[[BitChute]]<br />

== References ==

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[[Category: Social Websites]][[Category: Censorship]]