Just got this in my e-mail: Moving the Policies for video inventory to the Google Publisher Restrictions

This came in this morning's e-mail. It seems like EVERY TIME I use ANY other video hosting site besides Google/YouTube, I get this notice, and my pageviews tank. Let's see just how badly my views tank this time. Last time I went from just under 5k views a day to less than 800 views a day. I finally got them bak up to around 2-3k views a day, but let's see what happens over the next few days.

Censorship by big tech is real.  (Since this may break the page formatting I will put this under the fold)

The Policies for video inventory will become Video inventory restrictions

Your Publisher ID:  The Policies for video inventory will become Video inventory restrictions Dear AdSense Publisher, On 23 September 2024, Google will move the existing Policies for video inventory from the Google Publisher Policies to a section under the Google Publisher Restrictions as Video inventory restrictions. Video inventory that contains content which is restricted, as specified under the list of Video inventory restrictions, may receive less advertising than other, non-restricted content. Please note that Google Ads will continue not to serve on any video inventory containing content restricted in the Video inventory restrictions. In addition, we will also make editorial updates to the following sections of the Video inventory restrictions for better clarity and readability. These editorial updates do not change the scope of the requirements. 1. Video inventory controls (for example, play, pause, mute, skip, or dismiss), and ad content or controls where provided, must not be obstructed, hidden, or non-functional. ○ For clarity, video inventory controls or ad controls that are activated or displayed only as a result of a single user action (for example, scrolling, hovering over, tapping or swiping the screen) are not considered as obstructed, hidden, or non-functional. 2. For In-stream or Accompanying Content placements that transition to a sticky placement, the video player must start in the main content and only transition as a user scrolls the video player off the page. Sincerely, The Google AdSense Team Need help? AdSense forum My AdSense help page AdSense forum My AdSense help page Follow us Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your AdSense product or account.