Scottsdale, Arizona (CNN Business) YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologized to the LGBTQ community but stood by the company's controversial decision last week not to take down videos containing homophobic harassment and racist slurs. "I know the decision we made was very hurtful to the LGBT community," said Wojcicki on stage at Recode's Code Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Monday. But one day later, YouTube said it would demonetize the videos so that Crowder can't make money off of ads for "continued egregious actions that have harmed the broader community." The company has historically been very vocal in its support for gay rights and it came during LGBTQ Pride Month. It also happened the same week YouTube announced a new policy to ban white supremacist and deniers of well-documented atrocities such as the Holocaust from its platform.

Source: CNN June 11, 2019 00:34 UTC