YouTube accused of wrongfully terminating channels with millions of subs YouTubeA handful of popular YouTubers have hit out at the platform after their channels, some of which boasted millions of subscribers, were suddenly removed. The creators have claimed that the terminations were wrongful and unjustified. For many of the top creators on YouTube, it can be their only source of income, and a sudden and unexpected channel termination can cause serious financial difficulty, not to mention the loss of their creative output. In late 2019 and early 2020, a number of popular channels have claimed that their YouTube accounts were completely terminated, without notice, despite not having (knowingly) violated any of the rules or terms of service. One of the biggest names to have suffered this fate is XboxAddictionz, who had a whopping 3.6 million subscribers until his channel was suddenly removed in December. YouTube suspended \/ terminated my channel today. No warnings or strikes on my account. 8 years & 3M+ subscribers just gone. I\u2019m hoping there is some way to get it back \u2014 XA (@XboxAddictionz) December 5, 2019 Then, on February 3, another three major channels were removed, all claiming the same tale: that they had received no warning and had, to their knowledge, not broken any rules, and had no obvious route of appeal. The three channels, ProPepper, TheMasterOfLuck, and InTrollsive, all had at least 1 million subscribers and were full-time content creators. This morning, my YouTube channel was wrongfully terminated Please look into this @TeamYouTube. You stated that I\u2019ve violated community guidelines, but this is a mistake. My channel\/videos all fall well within the guidelines advised by your teamhttps:\/\/t.co\/FnfTkAxvY7 pic.twitter.com\/0Q5IiommxY \u2014 ProPepper (@ProPepper) February 3, 2020 ProPepper, who had over 2.3 million subs, was told that he had violated community guidelines but denies this claim. He states: \u201cmy channel\/videos all fall well within the guidelines advised by your team.\u201d Master Of Luck, real name William Tyler, was similarly terminated, seemingly on the same day. \u201cLike others, I had no warning, no strikes, and did everything by the rules,\u201d he said, \u201c5 Years and over 1 million subscribers gone.\u201d The worst thing about this is I have lost all the videos I uploaded more than 1 year ago. Those are videos I cherished and always re-watched time and time again as it\u2019s nostalgic and reminds me where I came from. Now they\u2019re gone. Along with all my playlists and liked videos :\/ \u2014 William Tyler (@TheMasterOfLuck) February 3, 2020 Tyler also criticized the platform for allowing YouTuber JayStation to remain on the platform, despite uploading several videos in which he falsely claimed his girlfriend had died. I know this will be ignored by @ytcreators All I will say is this. Trollers\/Prankers are marked as the bad people of @YouTube for some reason. You start to ban us, yet you allow creators who FAKE THEIR GIRLFRIENDS DEATH FOR MONETARY GAIN to upload on your site. Hypocritical. \u2014 William Tyler (@TheMasterOfLuck) February 3, 2020 A third channel, InTrollsive, was also terminated on February 3, and also says he received no warning. Although his channel growth had stagnated in 2019, he still had over 1 million subscribers, and claims that in his seven years on the platform has \u201cnever broken a single YouTube guideline or received a copyright strike.\u201d My YouTube channel was Terminated this morning without any warning & I\u2019ve never broken a single YouTube guideline or received a copyright strike. I\u2019ve been a content creator since 2013 and losing a channel I worked so hard for is heart breaking. \u2014 InTrollsive (@InTrollsive) February 3, 2020 It\u2019s unclear if it\u2019s possible to have these channels reinstated if they were in fact wrongly terminated. But, XboxAddictionz, who had his channel removed in December, still does not have it back. YouTube made headlines in November 2019 for a rule that stipulates it can terminate accounts if they are \u201cno longer commercially viable,\u201d noted in their \u201cAccount Suspension & Termination\u201d section. More recently, it was revealed for the first time that YouTube generated $15.1 billion in ad revenue in fiscal year 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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