We reached out to Crowder for comment amid the controversy: YouTube’s blog notes that the company will be moving to limit their support of those who “repeatedly brush up against hate speech policies” and “raising up authoritative content.” YouTube’s definition of authoritative content notably includes NBC News, a part owner and $200 million investor in Vox. On the same day YouTube announced a massive purge of content creators who produce content distasteful to the site, according to The Independent.Īlthough YouTube removed hundreds of supremacist and conspiracy channels from its monetization program on Wednesday, Crowder was also hit for his off-color jokes. Whether by coincidence, as YouTube news anchor Phillip DeFranco alleged, or by design, YouTube announced it would be reevaluating the policies Crowder seems to have narrowly skirted, in a Wednesday blog post.

Crowder, of “change my mind” fame, frequently challenges and insults those he disagrees with politically but was originally found to be within YouTube’s terms of service, on Tuesday. Maza, best known for his YouTube series, “Strikethrough,” levied a long Twitter thread at YouTube over what he alleged was homophobic and racist harassment on the part of Crowder, last Thursday. What began as a feud between Vox video producer Carlos Maza and political comedian Steven Crowder came to an explosive climax on Wednesday when YouTube banned thousands of accounts from its monetary partnership program.

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