Channel calling for aborting Black pregnancies temporarily restricted by YouTube
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YouTube has removed one video and stopped monetizing YouTube influencer Cynthia G's channel after finding that the account repeatedly violated YouTube policies by posting videos over the past two years that accumulated tens of thousands of views by calling for Black abortions.
The decision came after an Ars reader asked Ars to investigate why these videos do not violate YouTube's community guidelines.
The video that YouTube removed was titled "If Aborting Black Males Isn't The Solution, What Is?" It was posted in November 2021 and, as of last week, still qualified for ad monetization. In the video, Cynthia G said that "a lot of people" considered the "solution" to be "something horrible that is genocidal" and provided a racist justification, saying that the only way to counter Black male violence is to "eliminate" Black men.