YouTube just admitted they wrongly banned this creator after he went viral.
That's the problem: you only get a real human review if enough people see your post.
My 11-year, 280K channel was terminated 99 days ago for 'Harmful & Dangerous', and they've never gave me a chance for a human review
@TeamYouTube, do I need to go viral too?
Alright @TeamYouTube , I’m going to do this in English; perhaps they’ll actually reply for once.
I am contacting you one last time regarding the removal of my channel which had 190,000 subscribers, based on erroneous grounds. It consisted simply of video game gameplay, not content intended for sexual gratification.
I am requesting a final, serious review of my case by a human before pursuing further remedies under the DSA and initiating legal proceedings with my lawyer. Above all, I would prefer an amicable resolution.
"Thoroughly reviewed. Decision is final." And of course no video named.
Same script I got. My 11-year channel sakpot (280K subs, 100M+ views) was terminated 130 days ago. YouTube has given me 3 different reasons since, and never identified one video.
@TeamYouTube a final decision and review should come with a reason.
After THREE MONTHS of fighting for our channels, YouTube finally gave me a reason to hope that things might actually get resolved. Unfortunately, that hope didn't last long.
Yesterday, @TeamYouTube told me their Policy team was actively investigating the entire situation and promised to get back to me as soon as they had an update.
Today, they came back with this:
"Our policy team has thoroughly reviewed everything, and unfortunately, the original termination decisions stand and are final."
That's it. Three months of waiting, countless emails, over 900 posts on X, and absolutely NO explanation of what actually happened.
So I asked them some very simple questions:
WHAT exactly did your Policy team review?
What specifically caused each channel's termination?
Most importantly, HOW did my friend's channel, Crypted Realm (@cryptedrealm), violate the Spam/Deceptive Practices policy in the first place?
Which videos, actions, or specific violations justified terminating it?
For context, Crypted Realm was the FIRST channel to be terminated. It was a fan-based channel with around 35 edited podcast Shorts, normal titles, and ordinary comments. I strongly believe it was WRONGFULLY terminated for Spam/Deceptive Practices.
Following that termination, my two monetized YPP channels, Jungle Vision and Cage Snippets, were terminated under Circumvention because YouTube associated them with Crypted Realm.
I understand why YouTube applied the Circumvention policy to my channels based on that association. What I DON'T understand is what my friend supposedly did to deserve the original Spam termination.
I've spent THREE MONTHS reading YouTube's policies, providing explanations, submitting evidence, and trying to understand what we supposedly did wrong.
I'm not asking for special treatment. I'm asking for a CLEAR, SPECIFIC EXPLANATION.
Tell me which content violated the policy. Tell me what activity triggered the termination. Explain exactly what happened.
If the decision is genuinely correct, then explain WHY. I deserve that much as a former YPP creator whose livelihood was taken away.
You promised a thorough investigation. Please show me what was actually investigated instead of giving me another generic response and calling everything FINAL.
THREE MONTHS. Two monetized channels lost. 94K+ subscribers. 190M+ views. And still not a single concrete explanation.
Is this really how YouTube treats its creators?
@TeamYouTube @YouTube
Original channel details :
Channel: Crypted Realm
Handle: @cryptedrealm
URL: youtube.com/channel/UCnvmztr…
@TeamYouTube , please reinstate Crypted Realm as soon as possible. The channel did not violate the Spam/Deceptive Practices policy, and I strongly believe its termination was a mistake. Three months is more than enough. It's time to correct this and restore all the affected channels.
@nealmohan And Neal, instead of posting about the music you're listening to and enjoying the company your AI-driven system has built, maybe you should spend some time looking after the creators who are desperately asking you and your team for help every single day. After all, they're the very people who got you where you are today and made you the kind of money you earn. Maybe it's time to start acting like you care about them.
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He got terminated twice and reinstated twice. Zero explanation either time.
My 11-year channel sakpot (280K subs, 100M+ views) has been gone 129 days. Three different reasons, no video ever named. Escalated Oct 19, silence since.
@TeamYouTube please have a human look at mine too.
YouTube erased a channel preserving real WWII history.
They erased mine too: 11 years, 280K subs of Roblox tutorials. 3 different term reasons since July 6. Not one video named.
AI brainrot stays up. Educators get deleted. @TeamYouTube, needs to put a human on these.
Real historical footage is being removed from YouTube while AI-generated “brainrot” content is everywhere.
My channel spent years preserving rare WWII footage and educating viewers about history. It was terminated following claims involving “child nudity.”
Yet AI-generated content can spread completely fabricated stories, misinformation at massive scale.
Where is the human review for legitimate educational content?
@TeamYouTube @YouTube
#RestorePanzerPicture #SaveWWIIHistory
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YouTube's AI flagged a video they made as a CHILD for harassment.
It also terminated my 11-year, 280K channel, and has since given me 3 different reasons. Not one video named.
This isn't moderation, it's a slot machine. @TeamYouTube put a human on it.
youtube.com/channel/UCYbqh1S…
This guy got his channel back in under 24 hours because people spoke up. I'm asking for the same chance.
On July 6, YouTube terminated my channel sakpot: 11 years of work, 280K subscribers, and the main income for my small business. The reason given was 'Harmful & Dangerous.' Not one video was ever named. Like him, my appeals were rejected, and nobody has told me what I actually did wrong.
It's been 98 days. I've gone through appeals and support tickets, hired lawyers, and opened a case with my congressman. Today I emailed YouTube creator support and got an AI autoreply 6 seconds later.
I'm not asking for special treatment, just a human review and an answer. @TeamYouTube, please take one more look. UCYbqh1ShFYW4G4uSO9I9PmA
They Tried to Delete Me From the Internet
Last night, on February 13, YouTube terminated my entire channel and immediately denied my appeal under its “violent criminal organizations” policy. After taking to X, within hours, the backlash from multiple independent journalists, creators, and activists began to share my story.
The pressure worked. Less than 24 hours after telling me I would remain banned, YouTube reinstated my channel and monetization. Nothing about my content changed. The only difference was collective action. This is what happens when the people band together and speak loudly enough to make it impossible to ignore.
Again, the censorship doesn’t stop here. I’m still blacklisted on Instagram, and in the same week, TikTok has demonetized my profile, wiping out thousands of income I use to pay my rent while I study for college.
Make sure you guys keep up with me by subscribing for free at yourfavoriteguy.com before they try to completely erase my voice. Who knows what they’ll do next. But this time, we’re prepared to fight.
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Replying to @TeamYouTube
@TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators My channel sakpot (~280K subs) was terminated July 6 under Harmful & Dangerous. I'm a full-time creator and don't believe any video broke that policy. Studio and MCN appeals were both rejected. Could a human please re-review?
youtube.com/channel/UCYbqh1S…
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Appeal denied. Same as this. @TeamYouTube
Sakpot (~280K), my full-time educational coding / Roblox channel, was terminated Jul 6, 2026 (over 92 days) for Harmful and Dangerous. Studio appeal denied. MCN appeal denied. Still no human review of the videos.
@YouTubeCreators please escalate for a real review.
My YouTube Channel, The 100XClub Has Been Permanently Removed By @YouTube
My appeal was rejected, and I’ve been told the decision is final. They won’t put the channel back up.
For the last months, my channel has been hit with repeated warnings and strikes. Every single one was overturned after human review - because they were false. And yet today, my entire channel is gone.
I remember 2 years ago starting to stream from my baby’s room, having 0 views for weeks. No views. No reach. No voice.
Going from there to a big team, hundreds of videos and almost 10k views daily was one of the hardest thing I’ve done in my life
My mission has always been simple: help people navigate crypto safely.
- I've warned about crashes before they happened.
- I shared my own decisions so others could think for themselves.
- I added disclaimers on every single video.
- I took multiple compliance and platform courses (including with Derral Eves).
The only intention was always to help people in crypto.
- I have never promoted scams.
- I have never put my community at danger.
- I have never violated this platform intentionally - and when YouTube flagged content, we tried to corrected and change immediately.
We spent days trying to figure out what can trigger YouTube, what we should change, and adapted every time we uploaded, trying to fly blind and hoping to be compliant.
Dear @YouTube @YouTubeCreators
I have done everything I possibly could to comply with your platform
We completed many courses, including one with Derral Eves, to make sure we do our best on the platform
This is clearly a mistake, I am beyond words, sad, angry, lost.
I have been in the space since 2016, worked with incredible people and given everything to my community
Please review this once again, put my channel back, and help us understand how we can comply better so this nightmare does not happen to any honest creator again
Crypto creators, including myself want clarity. We are willing to adapt. But we are flying blind and being punished for not following a policy we don’t know anything about.
Please join my telegram to see what we are doing, please read the hundreds of daily comments on my X page and YouTube videos and make the right decision.
And for my community and friends, if I ever helped you with anything, please amplify this.
1) Tag @YouTube @YouTubeCreators in the comments below
2) please repost and tag @YouTube @YouTubeCreators
This is last resort.
Please help.
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YouTube terminated my 280K+ channel overnight after 11 years of work
My channel had no active warnings, but I was banned for “spam and deceptive practices.” After 2+ months of talking with support, legal council and multiple appeals, I’ve gotten nothing but conflicting answers and AI responses.
TeamYouTube states it was over “Illegal or regulated goods“, the AI moderation claimed “spam and deceptive practices”, nothing makes sense.
Even YouTube itself doesn’t know the “reason” but they still deleted everything I built.
80 million views. 1 million watch hours. 280K subscribers. Gone.
I didn’t break the rules.
@TeamYouTube, please review this manually. I built that channel from nothing.
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