Gun videos may be a thing of the past on YouTube

[Swordsmyth]

Videos can no longer sell guns or accessories via direct sales or even have links to sites that sell them. Videos also cannot have instruction on manufacturing firearms or associated items like magazines or silencers.Accessories banned include bump stocks, gatling triggers, drop-in auto sears and conversion kits, as well as high-capacity magazines. Instruction on upgrading firearms to automatic or simulated automatic firing capabilities is similarly prohibited. This isn't YouTube's first policy update around firearms, either; the company banned gun mod tutorials after the Las Vegas shooting last year.
According to Motherboard (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpxyw/youtube-bans-diy-and-commercially-focused-gun-videos), YouTube has already removed some of these types of videos, causing some consternation among popular gun vloggers.

More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/youtube-bans-videos-sell-guns-185000695.html

[shakey1]

need a viable alternative to youtube.

[Raginfridus]

need a viable alternative to youtube.

bitchute is one.

[tommyrp12]

https://www.full30.com/

[seapilot]

Youtube is now owned by Goolag. They put virtue signalling and propaganda over profit. Why else would they be chasing off millions of subscribers?

[Zippyjuan]

need a viable alternative to youtube.

"Gun Porn" may take on a new meaning.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43500714


YouTube gun ban drives bloggers to PornHub


YouTube has banned videos that show people how to manufacture or modify guns and their accessories.

It had already banned videos linked to the sale of guns and accessories.

Many firearms enthusiasts noticed that some of their videos had been removed from the video-sharing website and some had their channels suspended.

Prominent gun video-bloggers said the move was an erosion of US citizens' rights, and some said they would move their content to PornHub instead.

YouTube's policies now prohibit videos that:

show how to make a firearm, ammunition, high-capacity magazine or homemade silencers

are designed to sell guns or specific accessories including high-capacity magazines and tools that convert a firearm to automatic fire

show how to convert a firearm to automatic or simulated-automatic fire

show how to install such accessories or modifications

The change was met with anger from some videomakers who modify guns and show off their creations as a hobby.

Karl Kasarda and Ian McCollum, who run the gun review site InRangeTV, said they had started posting their videos on Facebook and pornography site PornHub.

"We will not be seeking any monetisation from PornHub... we are merely looking for a safe harbour for our content and for our viewers," the pair said in a statement.

Firearms manufacturer Spike's Tactical said the change reflected attempts to "slowly chip away at our freedoms and erode our rights".

Videomaker Joerg Sprave said he appreciated YouTube was "now defining their guidelines" more clearly.

[William Tell]

need a viable alternative to youtube.

Considering the site some of them are moving to, you are absolutely right.

[Raginfridus]

https://www.full30.com/I prefer the format where each vid casts a topic in a subform type deal, and if viewers want to talk, they can take it to the topic. Youtube sucks for community.