Changes

Slate states that YouTube may be operating at a loss of nearly half a billion dollars a year<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2216162/ "The high costs of running YouTube."]. ''Slate Magazine''.</ref>, suggesting that it may be a loss leader for parent company Google or perhaps an investment in changing the landscape of information flow in the public. Attempts to reduce the costs and increase profitable content have been met with hostility.

Slate states that YouTube may be operating at a loss of nearly half a billion dollars a year<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2216162/ "The high costs of running YouTube."]. ''Slate Magazine''.</ref>, suggesting that it may be a loss leader for parent company Google or perhaps an investment in changing the landscape of information flow in the public. Attempts to reduce the costs and increase profitable content have been met with hostility.

The most popular video on YouTube is "Baby Shark" by children's Korean nursery rhyme channel ''Pinkfong'', and has surpassed 9 billion views<ref>{{Citation|last=Pinkfong|title=Baby Shark Dance  #babyshark Most Viewed Video  Animal Songs  PINKFONG Songs for Children)|date=2021-09-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w}}</ref><ref>YouTube's [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC "Most Viewed Videos of All Time"] (videos surpassing 100 million views)</ref>.

The most popular video on YouTube is "Baby Shark" by children's Korean nursery rhyme channel ''Pinkfong'', and has surpassed 9 billion views.<ref>{{Citation|last=Pinkfong|title=Baby Shark Dance  #babyshark Most Viewed Video  Animal Songs  PINKFONG Songs for Children)|date=2021-09-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w}}</ref><ref>YouTube's [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC "Most Viewed Videos of All Time"] (videos surpassing 100 million views)</ref>

==Censorship==

==Censorship==

Reketia Law tweeted once the issue was resolved and their stream was back up, ‘We're BACK UP. @TeamYouTube dropped us by FORTY THOUSAND viewers over a BS copyright claim because they are literally paid for by the Media … THERE IS NO COPYRIGHT ISSUE HERE, Youtube is just shutting down independent creators.’  Shortly after, Rekieta shared another tweet which read, ‘Today, @TeamYouTube is pushing down independent creators in favor of BOGUS copyright from Media Partners YT consistently shows that creators who actually build their platform are disfavored to media. Hey YouTube. We have a contract, you're breaking it.'<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10208323/YouTube-censored-video-streams-independent-legal-experts-commenting-Kyle-Rittenhouse-trial.html</ref>

Reketia Law tweeted once the issue was resolved and their stream was back up, ‘We're BACK UP. @TeamYouTube dropped us by FORTY THOUSAND viewers over a BS copyright claim because they are literally paid for by the Media … THERE IS NO COPYRIGHT ISSUE HERE, Youtube is just shutting down independent creators.’  Shortly after, Rekieta shared another tweet which read, ‘Today, @TeamYouTube is pushing down independent creators in favor of BOGUS copyright from Media Partners YT consistently shows that creators who actually build their platform are disfavored to media. Hey YouTube. We have a contract, you're breaking it.'<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10208323/YouTube-censored-video-streams-independent-legal-experts-commenting-Kyle-Rittenhouse-trial.html</ref>

==Democrat collusion==

===Removal of dislike views==

A website that tracks that tracks the YouTube page of the Biden White House confirmed that YouTube suppressed the dislikes on every single one of [[Joe Biden]] White House video.  YouTube suppressed dislikes of Biden by as much as 600% on some videos.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/amazing-new-website-confirms-youtube-suppressing-dislikes-joe-biden-videos-much-600/</ref>

A website that tracks that tracks the YouTube page of the Biden White House confirmed that YouTube suppressed the unpopularity and dislikes on every single one of [[Joe Biden]] White House video.  YouTube suppressed dislikes of Biden by as much as 600% on some videos.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/amazing-new-website-confirms-youtube-suppressing-dislikes-joe-biden-videos-much-600/</ref>

==Christian/Creationist YouTube video evangelism ==

In 2021, YouTube elected to hide the number of dislikes beside the dislike button.  The liberal videos posted on YouTube faced high numbers of dislikes (including on high-profile channels like the [[White House]] channel, currently under the control of the [[Biden regime]]), but YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki claimed that YouTube was hiding dislike counts to "reduce bullying", that the dislike button was an "inaccurate" way of gauging the quality of videos posted to the site, and that the dislike feature was being "weaponized" against some video creators; the disabling of views on dislike numbers was widely criticized, including by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, who said that the controversial move could hurt the platform's quality control.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/01/26/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-defends-removing-dislike-button/ YouTube CEO says removing ‘dislike’ button prevents harmful ‘attacks’]</ref>

Many YouTube users are vehemently anti-[[conservative]], and pro-conservative videos are censored within hours. However videos directed at conservatives will usually garner high ratings, as with videos directed at liberals. Christian comments on some videos frequently attract insults by atheists<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52405 "YouTube blocked video mocking Clinton administration"]. ''WND''.</ref>.

[[Campus Crusade for Christ]] International (CCCI) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full-time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that [[internet evangelism]] will result in more conversion than all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined<ref>http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf</ref>.

 

The YouTube search engine is the second largest search engine in the world<ref>[http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/39777-youtube-surpasses-yahoo-as-world%E2%80%99s-2-search-engine "YouTube surpasses Yahoo as world’s #2 search engine | TG Daily"]. ''TG Daily''.</ref>. There is a widespread problem with [[Atheistic bullying|atheist cyberbullying]] on YouTube toward [[Christian]] and [[creationist]] YouTube channels. [[CreationWiki]] has developed a web page entitled [http://creationwiki.org/YouTube_participant_advice YouTube participant advice], designed to show creationists how to thwart atheist cyberbullies]]. Also, one popular Christian YouTube channel, [[shockofgod]], was shut down several times by atheist [[cyberbullying]] through false reports, but [http://creationwiki.org/YouTube_participant_advice he was able to thwart their cyberbullying using some effective tactics]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kax-zAJxi-U "The man that proved the Bible has power"]. ''YouTube''. 28 March 2009.</ref>. These false reports are not isolated incidents, many atheists will try this deceitful tactic to block out [[creation science]].

==Deleting early covid history==

==Deleting early covid history==

{{cquote|There’s a set of content that has to meet the community guidelines. Ben Shapiro is going to meet the community guidelines. I don’t think you’re suggesting that we remove him from the platform. Are you?<ref>https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/3/11/18259303/youtube-susan-wojcicki-child-comments-videos-google-walkout-kara-swisher-decode-podcast-interview</ref>}} One has to wonder just how many mainstream conservative personalities are in similar situations, where the institutions that control and fund them can rest assured that they will not step out of line.

{{cquote|There’s a set of content that has to meet the community guidelines. Ben Shapiro is going to meet the community guidelines. I don’t think you’re suggesting that we remove him from the platform. Are you?<ref>https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/3/11/18259303/youtube-susan-wojcicki-child-comments-videos-google-walkout-kara-swisher-decode-podcast-interview</ref>}} One has to wonder just how many mainstream conservative personalities are in similar situations, where the institutions that control and fund them can rest assured that they will not step out of line.

==Removal of dislike views==

===Christian/Creationist YouTube video evangelism ===

In 2021, YouTube elected to hide the number of dislikes beside the dislike button. The liberal videos posted on YouTube faced high numbers of dislikes (including on high-profile channels like the [[White House]] channel, currently under the control of the [[Biden regime]]), but YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki claimed that YouTube was hiding dislike counts to "reduce bullying", that the dislike button was an "inaccurate" way of gauging the quality of videos posted to the site, and that the dislike feature was being "weaponized" against some video creators; the disabling of views on dislike numbers was widely criticized, including by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, who said that the controversial move could hurt the platform's quality control.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/01/26/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-defends-removing-dislike-button/ YouTube CEO says removing ‘dislike’ button prevents harmful ‘attacks’]</ref>

Many YouTube users are vehemently anti-[[conservative]], and pro-conservative videos are censored within hours. However videos directed at conservatives will usually garner high ratings, as with videos directed at liberals. Christian comments on some videos frequently attract insults by atheists<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52405 "YouTube blocked video mocking Clinton administration"]. ''WND''.</ref>.

[[Campus Crusade for Christ]] International (CCCI) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full-time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that [[internet evangelism]] will result in more conversion than all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined<ref>http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf</ref>.

 

The YouTube search engine is the second largest search engine in the world<ref>[http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/39777-youtube-surpasses-yahoo-as-world%E2%80%99s-2-search-engine "YouTube surpasses Yahoo as world’s #2 search engine | TG Daily"]. ''TG Daily''.</ref>. There is a widespread problem with [[Atheistic bullying|atheist cyberbullying]] on YouTube toward [[Christian]] and [[creationist]] YouTube channels. [[CreationWiki]] has developed a web page entitled [http://creationwiki.org/YouTube_participant_advice YouTube participant advice], designed to show creationists how to thwart atheist cyberbullies]]. Also, one popular Christian YouTube channel, [[shockofgod]], was shut down several times by atheist [[cyberbullying]] through false reports, but [http://creationwiki.org/YouTube_participant_advice he was able to thwart their cyberbullying using some effective tactics]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kax-zAJxi-U "The man that proved the Bible has power"]. ''YouTube''. 28 March 2009.</ref>. These false reports are not isolated incidents, many atheists will try this deceitful tactic to block out [[creation science]].

== See also ==

== See also ==