CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

The Hill reports:

On Saturday, the last day of pride month, YouTube apologized to the LGBTQ community over its enforcement of certain policies on its platform, which have been criticized by LGBTQ YouTube video creators. The Google-owned video streaming platform acknowledged that it “had issues where [it] let the LGBTQ community down,” over “inappropriate ads and concerns” in its enforcement of its monetization policy, referring to its practice of stripping ads from videos that violated its monetization terms of service, also depriving the video’s creator of making money from the video.

It’s the last day of Pride Month and we wanted to reach out to the LGBTQ community. We’re proud of the incredible LGBTQ voices on our platform and the important role you play in the lives of young people. 1/4

— YouTube (@YouTube) June 30, 2018

But we’ve also had issues where we let the LGBTQ community down–inappropriate ads and concerns about how we’re enforcing our monetization policy. We’re sorry and we want to do better. 2/4

— YouTube (@YouTube) June 30, 2018

We’ve taken action on the ads that violate our policies, and we are tightening our enforcement. And when we hear concerns about how we’re implementing our monetization policy, we take them seriously and make improvements if needed. 3/4

— YouTube (@YouTube) June 30, 2018

It’s critical to us that the LGBTQ community feels safe, welcome, equal, and supported on YouTube. Your work is incredibly powerful and we are committed to working with you to get this right.4/4

— YouTube (@YouTube) June 30, 2018