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YouTube may suspend accounts, temporarily or permanently, from their social networking service. Suspensions of high-profile individuals from YouTube are unusual and when they occur, often attract attention in the media.[citation needed]
Copyright infringement.[1] After launching a That Guy with the Glasses website in 2008, his content returned to YouTube in 2009 as part of a deal between the site and Blip.tv,[2] the website's primary video host.[3]
Nassar, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison on child pornography charges in December, and who has subsequently pleaded guilty to 10 charges of sexual assault, formerly operated a YouTube channel showcasing young women performing strength and conditioning exercises. The outlet notes that while the content of Nassar’s videos may not have violated YouTube guidelines directly, his channel was also removed to protect the privacy of the women who appeared in the clips.[8]
Paul has been involved in several controversies, most notably in relation to a trip to Japan on December 31, 2017, during which he visited the Aokigahara forest (a notorious suicide site), filmed himself finding the corpse of a suicide victim, and uploaded the footage to his YouTube channel.[9] YouTube suspended all advertising on Paul's channels due to his pattern of behavior.[10] The suspension was lifted 18 days later.[11]
Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara in Isla Vista, California before taking his own life on May 23, 2014. He is widely considered the founding father of the modern incel movement.
YouTube originally kept his channel so his videos could be cited by news outlets.[15] In 2018, YouTube changed their minds following a similar incident, the Toronto van attack.
Three Pokémon GO YouTubers had their accounts deleted, accused of "activity that sexualises minors"; the accounts were subsequently reinstated after YouTube determined that this was an error. It was speculated that this was due to the YouTubers' use of the acronym "CP" to refer to Pokémon GO's combat points being mistakenly interpreted as referring to child pornography.[16]
In 2017, Yee began uploading YouTube videos and posts on social media defending pedophilia and child pornography.[17] In May 2018, his YouTube channel was removed, apparently for his pro-pedophilia content.[18]
Mike and Heather were arrested in August 2017 for the abuse that took place on the YouTube channel. They took an Alford plea in September 2017 in regards to two counts per person of Maryland state child neglect charges and received supervised probation for five years. Mike and Heather ceased creating content on Mike's channel DaddyOFive as a result of court-ordered probation, but began producing similar content on the family's new channel called FamilyOFive, which was terminated by YouTube in July 2018 following renewed interest in the family. However, Mike and Heather have an official website, and a gaming channel on Twitch.[19]
Terminated for violating hate speech and harassment guidelines, following similar bans done by Facebook, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts around this time.[20] His channel was initially just suspended from doing live broadcasts for 90 days, and deleted four of his videos, on July 25 for violating their policies regarding hate speech and graphic content.[21] His follow-up channel "Resistance News" was terminated on March 19, 2019.[22]
Between October 2018 and May 2019, Amofah demonstrated signs of mental distress, threatening to commit suicide on multiple occasions, and was hospitalized several times. During this period, Amofah uploaded pornography to the EWNetwork channel, resulting in its termination; he then posted statements on social media alluding to suicide. After apologizing, Amofah created another channel, "EtikaFRFX", which was terminated for identical reasons. He proceeded to display erratic behavior publicly, including posting cryptic messages online and streaming himself being detained by the police.
Terminated for unnamed reasons. Earlier that year, YouTube moderation deleted over a hundred videos on TwinzTV for promoting the ghostwriting service "EduBirdie", which violated their policy.[23][24]
On January 22, 2019, the Raphael Channel account was suspended by YouTube management. The reason for this was that YouTube's terms of service were changed in January, and all videos from the past three years were checked, and it was assumed that they were deleted because they violated the new terms but remained on the channel.[25]
Jones pleaded guilty to a single count of "receipt of child pornography" on February 1, 2019, and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on May 3, 2019.[26] After a court hearing on May 6, 2019, Jones was given permission to remain under house arrest until he reported to prison on June 28, 2019. Terminated after he pleaded guilty to child pornography offenses.[27][28]
On 2 April 2019, Khá Bảnh was arrested during a police raid and sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for illegal gambling. Immediately after Khá Bảnh was arrested, his YouTube channel, which at the time had more than 2 million subscribers, was terminated.[30]
Terminated for posting a video that ended with her making death threats and telling followers to cite her in their manifestos, in reference to the mass shootings attributed to 8chan earlier in the year. Her Patreon was also terminated.[33]
Channels run by far-right multimedia outlet Red Ice
Oct 17, 2019
Red Ice TV, which served as the outlet's main channel, was terminated for violating hate speech policies.[36] Their second channel, which served as a backup, was also terminated.[37]
Google has deleted the YouTube account for Iran's Press TV UK channel as regional tensions continue to heighten between Tehran and Washington following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. The page was closed on Monday evening without any warning or explanation from Google, according to Press TV UK staff who spoke to Middle East Eye. Kaballo said Press TV UK uploaded its reports and documentaries to its YouTube channel in order to provide an "alternative" perspective on stories in the UK and Europe. Google did not respond to multiple requests for comment ahead of publication.[40]
Promoting misleading information about the COVID-19 pandemic. YouTube a month prior banned all videos that claimed the virus was caused by 5G following a livestream where Icke did so. His Facebook profile was also deleted at the time of the termination.[44][45]
On August 28, 2020, a YouTuber that goes by the name of Penguinz0, also known as Moistcr1tikal, had his "Road Rager Learns A Hard Lesson" video taken down for allegedly breaking YouTube's policy on violent or graphic content; The video in question showcased a comically staged dashcam footage of a group of people dressed up as cartoon mascots hijacking a man's vehicle. This takedown was later reinforced by YouTube's staff members, after claiming to have manually reviewed Penguinz0's appeal. On September 1, 2020, Penguinz0 pointed out on Twitter that Mark's "Try Not To Laugh Challenge #2" video has the exact same clip, yet was not taken down, albeit in a joking manner to highlight YouTube's double standards. Mark even welcomed this post, replying with "fair is fair" before receiving a warning on the aforementioned video only a few hours later.[52] On September 2, 2020, YouTube reinstated their removed videos and revoked both channels' strikes, later apologizing to all associated parties for this inconvenience on Twitter. Both Mark and Penguinz0 thanked YouTube and considered the matter closed.[53]
Suspension lifted one day later.[57] It is believed that the channels were hacked to upload a Ripple livestream to promote a bitcoin scam.[58] The issue was resolved several hours later.
On December 2, 2020, Stas was live streaming alongside his girlfriend, Valentina, and his friend, Marina. At the beginning of the live stream, they're seen drinking heavily while listening to music. Supposedly, a chat member donated $1,000 and wanted Stas to beat up Valentina and lock her outside. Stas and Marina attempted to bring Valentina outside, though Valentina would begin to argue with Stas while threatening him with a knife. While unseen during the stream, he reportedly slammed her to the ground to which he stripped her down to her underwear, pour cold water on her before eventually forcing her outside in the cold. The temperature that night was from -3° to -8°C (17° to 26°F).He was later arrested and his recent channel, "ReeFlay СТРИМЫ КАЗИНО" would be terminated on December 3, 2020. While Stas originally said he'd shown sympathy towards her death and saying he didn't mean to kill her, he would then claim that she had an intestinal problem and would cause the apartment to stink and she was a prostitute and was on drugs, saying she would have died regardless. Valentina was also allegedly pregnant at the time of her death, though the rumors were later proven false. In April 2021, Stas was charged with involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to six years of maximum security prison. The news was heavily covered and would heavily call out Stas' actions, leading the government to investigate "trash streamers" after the incident.[60]
YouTube “terminated” a North Korean channel called “Echo of Truth,” which featured a popular English-speaking host named Un A. The move drew criticism from North Korea supporters and researchers.[61] North Koreans are generally not allowed to access YouTube or any site on the World Wide Web due to political censorship, and Un A is no “ordinary” North Korean citizen. On the contrary, the original Echo of Truth channel appears to be a state media operation.[62]
In January 2021, Watanabe allegedly solicited nude photos from an underage fan, which subsequently caused his agency Uuum to drop him as an act and YouTube to permanently ban his channel. In March 2021, he announced he was retiring from YouTube.[65]
In 2020, Jason announced his girlfriend, fellow YouTuber Alexia Marano, had been killed by a drunk driver. Later content showed him visiting a memorial and attempting to contact her through Ouija.[66] Following an investigation however, it was revealed that this was a publicity stunt to gain subscribers, that Alexia was alive and well, and that Jason was intending to "resurrect" her in a later video.[67] Alexia separated from Jason and deleted her own YouTube channel, with a warrant for Jason's arrest being issued by Toronto Police due to allegations of abuse against her.[68] "ImJayStation" and "666" YouTube channels were removed from the platform for breaching their terms of service.[69]
LifeSiteNews
Video channel for the far-right Catholic news site of the same name
Feb 10, 2021
Terminated for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines.[70]
In October 2020, during one of the streams, Andrey grabbed a girl by the head and slammed her against the table several times.[72] A criminal case was opened against the streamer under the article "Assault". In July 2021, the court sentenced Andrey to six months of correctional labor and a fine of 72 thousand rubles.[73]
The official YouTube channel of Free Fire India has been hacked and renamed. Thereafter, YouTube deleted the channels due to community guidelines. Initially, the channels were hacked and the name of the channels was renamed. There was a new name that was related to crypto. However, the channels can come back. The game officials have to complete the required documentation to recover the account.
YouTube responded to Emmanuel's terminations, stating that YouTube "prohibits content which alleges that someone is mentally ill, diseased, or inferior because of their membership in a protected group including sexual orientation".[76]
Nine days before his channel was suspended, he attempted to meet what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl for sex in a vigilante sting operation ran by Chet Goldstein.[77]
Metal YouTuber and comedic djentyboi Stevie T had his entire library of videos deleted by a hacker, who took over the musician's channel and started a cryptocurrency livestream. Stevie T's fans noticed the hack happening in real time, with the YouTuber's profile picture abruptly changing to the logo for Binance. The hacker then began live-streaming a video featuring Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ). Fans of Stevie T began flagging the channel, which eventually was removed from YouTube.[79]
Suspended for a day after YouTube accidentally suspended the channel for allegedly violating community guidelines. Right Wing Watch appealed to the ban which was rejected by YouTube. The channel was reinstated hours later after review.[81]
Suspended for a week after uploading videos containing misleading information regarding COVID-19. The suspension also bars the YouTube channel from running its livestreams. The videos that were uploaded were removed from their YouTube channel.[83][84][85]
Brazilian Twitch streamer Raulino de Oliveira Maciel, better known as RaulZito. The streamer was arrested by Rio de Janeiro police in late July for sexual predation of "child theater, film, and TV actors." According to the police statement, a mother told police that her son had suffered from abuse from the arrested YouTuber between February and May, with another child younger than 12 reporting having been abused as well.[86]
Yiannopoulos has been accused of advocating paedophilia after the emergence of several video clips in which he said that sexual relationships between 13-year-old boys and adults can be "perfectly consensual" and positive experiences for such boys.[89]
Ricardo "N" has pleaded guilty to accusations by social media influencer Nath Campos of sexual abuse and was sentenced to three years in prison in Mexico, according to sources close to the high-profile case.[90][91]
Ash Sarkar, a media commentator and contributing editor of Novara Media, dubbed the deletion of the news site's YouTube account as an "attack on quality British journalism". Following a growing conversation on social media, which was joined by journalists, MEPs and members of the public under the hashtag #ReinstateNovara, Novara's channel was reinstated.[citation needed]
Terminated for violating YouTube's Terms of Service in response to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Vyacheslav Volodin, the Duma speaker, said YouTube's move was further evidence of Washington's violation of rights and freedoms.[96]
On April 10, the quintet's YouTube channel was seized by hackers, who deleted several of the channel's existing videos and uploaded content relating to cryptocurrency and Elon Musk before it was later deleted.[98]
Russian free-to-air television channel that was launched as a subsidiary of Vladimir Gusinsky's company Media-Most
May 17, 2022
The channels of Russian broadcaster NTV on YouTube are no longer available to residents of more than 70 countries, including all European countries, NTV's Telegram channel reported on Wednesday.[citation needed]
Upon the death of the popular Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade, ItsOwen released a video that claimed to contain genuine MrBeast recordings of him speaking about the passing of Techno.[99] The recordings were not made by MrBeast but were made by Owen editing MrBeast clips and soundbites together. This video lead to the termination of Owen's channel due to misleading content. Owen responded on Twitter asking for YouTube to reinstate his channel, but Team YouTube responded that his channel had multiple violations of Terms of Service and that he would not be able to make a new channel.[100][101]
Hoffman's accounts were terminated after she was detained on charges of child pornography after admitting to having received, played and stored a video of a 16-year-old being sexually assaulted by four men which she had shown on her channel where she blamed the victim for the assault.[102]
Gabriel Montiel, owner of the account, reported on social media on July 25, 2022 that his account had been hacked and terminated.[103] Reinstated shortly afterwards with support from Team YouTube on X.
Tate has generated online controversy following his bans on many social networks. While he built a solid fanbase around that time, he was also under fire for his narcissism in addition to his misogyny. Some people have likened his personality to characters from Grand Theft Auto games, while his speech was likened to talk show radios from said game series as well. Many people have claimed that he is a threat to the new generation, as well as having a bad influence on the youth. At the time in which he was banned, he had over 700,000 subscribers and 350 videos on his YouTube channel.[citation needed]
Rasmusson faced accusations of sexualizing minors in his content, receiving tens of reports to the Consumer Agency, according to an investigation by Svenska Dagbladet. The criticism concerns, among other things, that he often refers to sex, including talking about rape and incest, despite the fact that his audience is largely made up of children. Rasmusson is also accused of defrauding his fans in various ways. In September 2022, following the investigation, YouTube terminated his main channel, his second channel following days later.[106]
Russia's state-owned media company RT says YouTube has blocked its newly launched RT DE channel, less than three months after the U.S. video-sharing platform deleted two German-language RT channels it accused of breaching its COVID-19 misinformation policy.[citation needed]
In 2020, Facebook banned the BJP politician for violating its policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence. He was tagged by the Meta platform as a "dangerous personality" following a Wall Street Journal report.[108] He is one of the most controversial politicians in India, with more than 105 criminal cases registered against him, of which 18 were related to communal offences.[109] Amid the 2022 Muhammad remarks controversy, Singh was arrested by the Hyderabad Police on 23 August 2022, hours after his comments about Muhammad sparked protests in the city.[110]
Canadian digital media entertainment company with a focus on technology, founded by Linus Sebastian and Yvonne Ho
Mar 23, 2023
Both Linus Tech Tips and TechLinked channels were hacked. Many privated videos were made public[citation needed] and the channels started streaming deepfakes of Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey interviews. Linus Tech Tips was renamed to LinusTechTipsTemp with the handle @temporaryhandle meanwhile TechLinked was renamed to Tesla. YouTube later terminated the channels for "violating community guidelines". A response was later published on Floatplane saying that the Linus Media Group were working with Google to resolve the issue. The channels were restored a few days later.[111]
On May 3, 2023, CC Unit - also known as Creep Catching Unit - gained attention after accusing Chucky actor Edward Gale of being a pedophile. Their account was shortly terminated for "severe or repeated violations" of the YouTube Terms of Service.[112]
Quiboloy was wanted by the FBI for alleged human trafficking and sanctioned by the Magnitsky Act. The suspension was caused by the YouTuber SomeOrdinaryGamers questioning why he was still allowed on YouTube.[114] Later, other channels related to Quiboloy, such as his church Kingdom of Jesus Christ's channel and the channel of its official news channel Sonshine Media Network International were also taken down, on July 7.[115]
Raja Ziaul Haq
Pakistani religious and motivational speaker, CEO of Youth Club
Aug 22, 2023
Terminated for uncertain reasons. Accounts relating to Youth Club were not terminated.[116]
Fitness and criminal justice blogger, later focussing on Ukrainian issues following the 2013 Euromaidan protests including the Nazi relations of the Azov Brigade, far-right and racial problems and potential resolutions to the war in Donbas. Suspended due to his active position in favor of speaking with both Ukrainian and Donbas people using online chat services and translating these discussions.[117]
American family vlogger(8 Passengers) and parental advice company (ConneXions)
Aug 31, 2023
Channels 8 Passengers and ConneXions terminated following Franke and Hildebrandt's arrest for six charges of aggravated child abuse.[118] Franke openly admitted in her content to withholding food and bedding from her children as form of punishment, and online petitions to get child protective services involved had existed since 2020.[119]
YouTube has once more deleted a channel that produced satirical spoof videos featuring ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, sparking further concerns over whether the Chinese government is exploiting the social media giant's copyright rules. Internet censors quickly pulled the plug on the live stream and banned overseas-based players from making broadcasts.[124]
In August 2021, the channel was the target of a lawsuit by Cocomelon for copyright infringement by copying video ideas. On September 22, 2021, the channel was losing views as a result of the lawsuit. On September 8, 2021, their channel got terminated. In July 2023, a jury ruled in favor of Cocomelon and ordered Super JoJo to pay $23.5 million to Cocomelon. On January 27, 2024, all Super JoJo's channels got terminated again for copyright infringement for copying Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes.[125]
Mohn allegedly shot his father before using a knife and machete to decapitate him. He then posted a rambling video on YouTube advocating the torture and killing of US government employees. The video was on the site for several hours before it was taken down, authorities said. He was charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime and has been ordered held without bail.[126]
Godtone faced criticism from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan after mocking child pornography on his stream. He issued an apology, but his YouTube channel was suspended shortly thereafter.[127]
[129] YouTube suddenly struck and deleted the entire Samidoun Network channel and its years of content, and simultaneously struck and deleted the channel of our international coordinator Charlotte Kates.[130] This came despite the fact that Charlotte's channel had never had a strike, and Samidoun's only one warning after mass reporting (and had videos pulled down for similar baseless reasons on a one-by-one basis). This is clearly intended to silence voices speaking about Palestine.[131]
Mois' Twitch channel, mois_kid, was permanently banned in March 2021 after Mois responded to an offensive video on it.[132] In July 2024, several YouTube channels were permanently terminated on the grounds of copyright infringement.[133]
YouTube suspended Owens from its platform for one week and demonetized her account after she shared a previously unreleased 2022 interview with Kanye West (who now goes by Ye)[138] in which the rapper made antisemitic remarks.[139]
Terminated following false copyright strikes intended to obtain her personal identity. Ironmouse's streaming video on demand channel had been terminated ten days earlier for similar reasons.[140] Both accounts would subsequently be restored on September 23.
↑ Hill, Kashmir (May 27, 2014). "Elliot Rodger's Videos Were Removed From YouTube, But Only Temporarily". Forbes. Retrieved January 20, 2025. YouTube made clear it would not take down his videos given their news value and the fact that they didn't violate community guidelines. Simply being the digital remnants left behind by a mass-murderer doesn't violate YouTube guidelines.
↑ Chen Cheng-yu; Jason Pan (April 11, 2024). "Prosecutors to re-examine Mickey Huang's case". Taipei Times. Retrieved April 22, 2024. Chang was quoted saying: "It is not such a serious matter... Even I would like to have sex with a minor." Following the outcry, seven companies yesterday said they had terminated their sponsorship deals with Chang.
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