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Hyperactin. Demonetized for teaching about birth control pills.

Hyperactin. Demonetized for teaching about birth control pills.
Platform
YouTube
Country
Spain
Year
2021
rule
The platform did not inform about the infringed policy
Category
Demonetization

In May 2021, La Hiperactina, a Spanish youtuber dedicated to health and biomedical outreach, published a video explaining how birth control pills work in the body. Shortly after, she received a notification announcing that the video did not comply with the platform's community standards and was therefore demonetized. She appealed the measure and tried to communicate with YouTube, but, as she stated in a tweet, she only got the answer that "the system was imperfect" and that there was nothing else to do but wait.

Via Twitter, the TeamYoutube account told her that because of the impact of covid-19 on her workforce, reviews were taking longer than usual. After the review, the video regained monetization, but to prevent such a situation from happening again in the future, and to "not rely on the algorithm", the youtuber asked her subscribers to support her through Patreon.

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