How to Use demonetize in a Sentence

demonetize

verb
  • That for some reason there was a bug on YouTube where every video with iPhone 10 or the X in the title got demonetized for a couple hours.
    Recode Staff, Recode, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Last August, YouTube rolled out a process for creators to appeal when their videos are demonetized.
    Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 21 June 2018
  • You guys were the experts at demonetizing whole sectors of the industry to protect the OS.
    Gary Wolf, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2005
  • YouTube changed course the following day and moved to demonetize Crowder’s videos by not allowing him to run ads on them.
    Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Instead, YouTube banned hate speech and demonetized the channel.
    Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, 26 June 2019
  • In fact, the project is streaming completely free with all its music videos demonetized on the 25-year-old's personal YouTube channel.
    Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Conservatives aren't the only ones who feel that YouTube has censored or demonetized their videos.
    Joe Mullin, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2017
  • This resulted in a wave of videos being demonetized, which angered YouTubers who could no longer attach money-making ads to their videos.
    Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The company isn't always transparent about why a video is demonetized, which can leave creators left guessing.
    Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 25 June 2019
  • Already sluggish sales have been slowed by a double whammy of recent changes in the tax system and a move to combat tax cheats by demonetizing high-value currency.
    Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Recall YouTube’s pledges to give advertisers more controls, to hire more human content checkers and its move to demonetize channels that didn’t meet a certain threshold?
    Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
  • YouTube, which opened a revenue-sharing program more than a decade ago, has long been accused by angry creators of demonetizing videos for arbitrary and inscrutable reasons.
    Kevin Roose, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Many creators first voiced their concerns with the company in 2017, arguing that their content was seemingly hidden and demonetized.
    Julia Alexander, The Verge, 14 Aug. 2019
  • As soon as the policy launched, a journalist who makes documentary films chronicling hate movements had content removed from YouTube, and his channel was demonetized.
    Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The news today comes after months of frustration from the creators community who claim YouTube’s new algorithms have been demonetizing their content by making it harder to earn ad revenue.
    Shannon Liao, The Verge, 21 June 2018
  • The changes came about a couple years back, when, under advertiser pressure, YouTube demonetized controversial videos.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Some creators have expressed concern that user biases could cause some of their videos to be unnecessarily flagged or demonetized.
    Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 19 June 2017
  • Analysts disagreed with Jaitley on the impact of demonetizing 86 percent of India’s cash supply.
    Nirmala George, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
  • Facebook demonetized publishers of fake news by preventing them from letting them use its advertising tools.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2018
  • Celebrity YouTubers in head-to-toe Gucci quip about being unrightfully demonetized.
    Wired, 24 Oct. 2019
  • When YouTube began its charge to demonetize more videos with sensitive content following its brand safety snafu earlier this year, some high-profile creators were vocal about how their incomes had plummeted as a result.
    Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
  • When content is taken down, demoted or demonetized, websites should explain exactly which standards have been violated, and how.
    Chris Cox, WSJ, 23 June 2019
  • India demonetized in late 2016, requiring all citizens to exchange their high-denomination bills, causing shortages, delays and blocked exchange.
    Benjamin A.t. Graham and Allison Kingsley, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
  • A year after YouTube took steps to correct the problem, however, transgender creators were still claiming that YouTube’s algorithms were automatically demonetizing and restricting their content.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 6 June 2019
  • In early 2019, for example, the company demonetized anti-vaccination videos by removing ads, and changed its recommendation algorithms to fight other conspiracy theories.
    Dan Garisto/undark, Popular Science, 9 Mar. 2020

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