{"id":24616,"date":"2020-06-12T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2596233"},"modified":"2020-06-12T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T16:42:00","slug":"youtube-says-gaming-ad-views-to-fundraise-for-black-lives-matter-violates-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/12\/youtube-says-gaming-ad-views-to-fundraise-for-black-lives-matter-violates-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube says gaming ad views to fundraise for Black Lives Matter violates policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/span>Illustration by William Joel \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n

YouTube has warned against videos that try to game its Adsense system by encouraging viewers to repeatedly watch the video or click its ads to drive up revenue. The behavior has emerged as YouTubers have attempted to find creative new ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement, with some promising to donate the ad revenue generated by their videos.<\/p>\n

The hope was that encouraging repeated viewings or ad clicking would allow viewers to contribute to a worthwhile cause even if they didn’t have the resources to donate money directly. Now, however, some of these videos are being taken down, Variety <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n

While YouTube says creators are free to donate ad revenue generated from organic views, it says that attempts to artificially inflate a video’s metrics violate its policies. It warns that any videos that do this, whether it’s with their title, description, or in the video content itself, will be removed from the platform, and the creator who uploaded it won’t be paid for any views or clicks. Advertisers will also not be charged.<\/p>\n

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