YouTube's history of rewarding Steven Crowder
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During 2021, Steven Crowder received four known strikes and suspensions on YouTube. According to YouTube’s policy, three strikes on a given channel results in a permanent suspension if the strikes are within 90 days of each other. This results in a system catered for abuse in which hateful content creators like Crowder can repeatedly accrue strikes, but never face permanent censure.
Crowder’s Youtube channel StevenCrowder -- where he streams his show Louder with Crowder -- is a hellish sewer oozing hate speech and misinformation into the minds of its 5.5 million subscribers. Crowder continually infringes on the platform’s hate speech, bullying, and misinformation policies.
By any of its own policy standards, YouTube would’ve permanently removed him. But here’s how the platform has allowed a serial policy offender to remain on the platform: