You Tube is "cracking down" on content which features firearms!
I don't know what the final version will look like, but I DO know that Youtube has changed its role of providing a central point of reference for Second Amendment issues (and firearms in general) for many years.
Obviously, there's a new Niche market opening up, one which is not inclined to be critical about videos merely because they content provides valuable information about firearms and related topics.
But you won't see it on YouTube.
Hunting, self-defense, reloading, care-and-maintenance, quality comparison between manufacturers of similar firearms ... you name it, I've always considered YouTube my first go-to source of information; both technical and entertainment.
Someone will have to step in to fill the gap, but it will be an uphill climb to achieve the familiarity that YouTube had already achieved.
Personally? think that YouTube has caved into some pressure which hasn't been mentioned yet, let alone identified. And I think that same agency, group, whatever will continue to hound the Gun Community and its online resources until there's no "There", there!
It's censorship, it's bowdlerization of America, and it's a not-so-subtle attack on our Second Amendment AND First Amendment rights.
The following page contain links from YouTube which provide specific references the above article:
Policies on content featuring firearms
YouTube prohibits certain kinds of content featuring firearms. Specifically, we don’t allow content that:
- Intends to sell firearms or certain firearms accessories through direct sales (e.g., private sales by individuals) or links to sites that sell these items. These accessories include but may not be limited to accessories that enable a firearm to simulate automatic fire or convert a firearm to automatic fire (e.g., bump stocks, gatling triggers, drop-in auto sears, conversion kits), and high capacity magazines (i.e., magazines or belts carrying more than 30 rounds).
- Provides instructions on manufacturing a firearm, ammunition, high capacity magazine, homemade silencers/suppressors, or certain firearms accessories such as those listed above. This also includes instructions on how to convert a firearm to automatic or simulated automatic firing capabilities.
- Shows users how to install the above-mentioned accessories or modifications.
Report content that violates this policy
You can report videos that you believe violate this policy by flagging the video.
also see:
- Read: New YouTube Policy Cracks Down on Gun Channels from Candice Horner on March 19, 2018 for Recoil.
- An updated firearms content policy released by YouTube effectively ban any video sell accessories like bump stocks or provides gun conversion instructions
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This is not a good thing
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