YouTube cracks down on Steven Crowder channel after protests

YouTube cracked down on the channel of Steven Crowder after the conservative comedian and commentator made homophobic and racist jokes about a journalist.

The Google video unit had earlier said Crowder’s offending videos didn’t violate its policies. That prompted a group of Google employees to protest the decision.

“We have suspended this channel’s monetization,” YouTube tweeted on Wednesday. “We came to this decision because a pattern of egregious actions has harmed the broader community and is against our YouTube Partner Program policies.”

The @EthicalGooglers protest came hours after YouTube said it was instituting a tougher stance on content that could encourage discrimination and hate, particularly related to white supremacists and Nazi ideology. A direct message seeking comment from the group @EthicalGooglers was not returned.