YouTube attacker's complaints echoed fight over ad dollars

Nasim Najafi Aghdam was the woman the police said had shot YouTube employees in San Bruno, California

The authorities believe a woman who shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters before killing herself on Tuesday was angered by the social media outlet’s policies.

While the police did not specifically say what those policies were, they likely had to do with a concept called “demonetisation.” In response to pressure from advertisers and consumers, YouTube has been pulling ads from thousands of videos that it decides do not meet its standards for content. That has sparked an outcry from many of the people who post videos to the service.

One of those creators was Nasim Najafi Aghdam, the woman the police said