But I admit that could just be me.
But I admit that could just be me.
The blog post at [0] as well as an email summarizing the situation was sent to every channel under the new threshold for monetization.
And any time a video is demonetized, they are given links to various help articles like [1] that go over what isn't allowed. You are also sent a link on how to appeal the decision at [2] They don't speak to an individual reason or reasons, and likely never will, because it's too easy to game that. You end up with people following the "letter of the law" but not the spirit, then if you decide to ban them anyway, you get called out for applying rules inconsistently.
There's a reason why our legal system has judges, lawyers, juries, and takes many years in some cases to come to a conclusion. This shit is extremely difficult to manage at any scale.
[0] https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2018/01/additional-c...
[1] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278
[2] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7083671#appeal