Leafy banned from YouTube after series of Pokimane videos Pokimane \/ LeafyishereYouTuber Calvin \u2018Leafyishere\u2019 Lee Vai has had his account permanently terminated by the platform, after his return from a long hiatus, where he began making a series of videos about other content creators, primarily streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys. Update on August 24 at 12:09 PM A YouTube spokesperson confirmed that Leafy\u2019s ban was intentional and will be permanent, clarifying the company\u2019s stance on the type of content featured on his channel, per The Verge. \u201cWe have strict policies that prohibit harassment on YouTube, and we remove content that violates our policies when flagged to our attention. Channels that repeatedly violate our policies will be terminated,\u201d they said. Original story follows below. Having experienced one of the fastest rises to YouTube fame a few years ago, Leafy randomly left the platform, and ceased making videos for almost two years. He returned in 2020, first making drama oriented videos about other popular channels including iDubbz, H3H3, and KEEMSTAR. However, in July, his attention to turned to Twitch streamer Pokimane, starting with his \u2018content nuke\u2019 video, and subsequent follow-up videos. In them, he criticized and mocked not only her content, but also her appearance and claimed to \u2018expose\u2019 her for having a secret relationship. These videos quickly went viral, causing a stir in the community. Pokimane actually took a break from streaming in the wake of the videos, before releasing an apology video that addressed some of the incidents raised by Leafy. Leafy\u2019s YouTube channel terminated On August 21, Leafy\u2019s YouTube account was terminated for \u201cmultiple or severe violations of YouTube\u2019s policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully or threaten.\u201d The reason for his ban clearly alludes to the series of videos about Pokimane, but also other creators. However, while some welcomed the ban, YouTuber Scarce has advised caution, as YouTube\u2019s action against Leafy could be indicative of further action against other creators, perhaps less controversial. https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnScarce\/status\/1296976558066892800 Leafy addresses YouTube ban Leafy posted on Twitter about his account\u2019s termination on August 22, asking the platform for clarification of the reason. Tagging YouTube\u2019s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, he asked \u201cis there anything I could do to get it reinstated. Or is there any statement on this you could give.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leafy\/status\/1297122824902127616 He says that he did not receive any strikes on his channel at all, just a suspension with no warning. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leafy\/status\/1297392708978343937 Pokimane says she had nothing do with it As news of Leafy\u2019s ban spread on social media, Pokimane herself chose to make very clear that she had no part to play in the termination. She said, \u201cI don\u2019t want my silence to leave room for assumptions.\u201d i know i’m going to get asked this, so i’d like to clarify i had nothing to do with leafy’s ban. \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) August 22, 2020 It\u2019s possible that Leafy could simply create a new channel and continue his content there, but he loses millions of subscribers, and YouTube will surely have a keen eye on him going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leafy banned from YouTube after series of Pokimane videos Pokimane \/ LeafyishereYouTuber Calvin \u2018Leafyishere\u2019 Lee Vai has had his account permanently terminated by the platform, after his return from a long hiatus, where he began making a series of videos about other content creators, primarily streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys. Update on August 24 at 12:09 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}