Seven months after demonetizing Dr Disrespect's channel over his admission of inappropriate communications with a minor, YouTube has decided that Guy Beahm, better known as the streamer Dr Disrespect, has served his penance and can start monetizing his videos again.
After multiple sources reported the change in direction, Beahm himself triumphantly announced the remonetization in a message posted to X: YouTube confirmed its decision in a statement provided to PC Gamer. «Dr Disrespect was previously suspended from the YouTube Partner Program for violations of our Creator Responsibility policies,» a YouTube spokesperson said. «Creators who are suspended from this program can reapply for access, and after careful review of the channel’s recent activity, we’ve reinstated it.
If there are further violations, we’ll take appropriate action.» Content creators whose channels are demonetized are allowed to apply for reinstatement after they've addressed the content or behavior that resulted in the suspension, according to YouTube, and a green light was given in this case after the aforementioned «careful review» of Beahm's channel activity.
But Beahm wasn't demonetized for his channel content, but for violations of YouTube's Creator Responsibility policy, specifically the allegations—which, again, he confirmed—of inappropriate DMs with a minor.
The natural question, then, is: How has he addressed that? Aside from acknowledging that the allegations were accurate, Beahm's only public actions have been to deny any illegal activity and paint himself as the victim of a behind-the-scenes conspiracy at Twitch, where he remains banned.