YouTube Won’t Ban Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson — Here’s What It’s Doing Instead, YouTube Once Proposed Overhauling Entire Payments Model, & More

Back in January, YouTube demonetized far-right activist Tommy Robinson's channel. Now, it's placed new more aggressive restrictions on the channel.

Not displaying correctly? View this email online. YouTube Won't Ban Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson — Here's What It's Doing Instead Back in January, YouTube demonetized far-right activist Tommy Robinson's channel. Now, it's placed new and even more aggressive restrictions on the channel — including stripping it from search results, keeping suggested videos from appearing under his content, and barring Robinson from livestreaming. YouTube will also hide view counts, likes, and comments on all of Robinson's future videos. Cole And Savannah LaBrant Under Fire After "Prank" Convincing Daughter They Were Giving Her Dog Away   Popular Christian family vloggers Cole and Savannah LaBrant are facing criticism after they tricked their elder daughter, Everleigh, into thinking they were giving her dog Carl away. Abrams Artists Signs 5 Gaming Creators Including Meg Turney, Matt Cobuzio   Abrams Artists Agency continues to add to its gaming roster with five high-profile signings. The talent agency has signed Matt Cobuzio, Britanni Johnson, Sam Seum, SayNoToRage, and Meg Turney (pictured above) to its alternative programming, licensing, and digital division. YouTube Terminated Yeah1's MCN Status, But Now It Looks Like They're Working Out A Deal   Yeah1 Group, the first publicly-traded Vietnamese media company, made headlines stateside last month after acquiring Los Angeles-based multi-channel network (MCN) Scalelab (which reps Jake Paul and MrBeast). Then it got kicked off of YouTube.  Gigi Gorgeous Embarks On Book Tour As Debut Memoir, He Said, She Said, Hits Shelves   Gigi Gorgeous, the longtime lifestyle creator who has vlogged the trials and triumphs of her gender transition for 2.8 million YouTube subscribers — alongside uproarious 'storytimes' and pithy beauty tips — is now officially a published author. YouTube Once Proposed Overhauling Its Entire Business Model, Paying Creators Based On Video Engagement (Report) In what amounts to a fascinating anecdote within a larger Bloomberg exposé about YouTube's alleged negligence in dealing with toxic and conspiratorial videos, it is revealed that CEO Susan Wojcicki and top company execs once considered overhauling the platform's entire business model, whereby creators would no longer be paid based on the number of ads running on their videos. Copyright © 2019 Tubefilter, All rights reserved. Sign up for Tubefilter Newsletters here. Our mailing address is: Tubefilter 5405 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 270 Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA  You received this email because you subscribed to a Tubefilter Newsletter or have registered to attend one of our Tubefilter Events. We respect your privacy and inbox. If you believe this was sent to you in error and you no longer wish to receive these emails, please update your subscription preferences or unsubscribe.