YouTube pulls Black Lives Matter fundraising videos that encourage ‘fake engagement’


  • YouTube
  • Monday, 15 Jun 2020

YouTube is cracking down on videos trying to artificially inflate views, and their corresponding AdSense revenue, as it is deemed a violation of the platform’s policies. — Bloomberg

LOS ANGELES: YouTube has removed multiple videos whose creators said they were donating ad revenue to Black Lives Matter and other racial-justice causes – but who were trying to game the system.

In a recent trend, creators have been offering to donate the AdSense revenue earned from their YouTube videos as a way to raise funds for Black Lives Matter causes for people who may not have money to make a donation.

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