#StopTheCircumventionBan 🚫
@TeamYouTube@YouTubeIndia
YouTube should give creators a warning before termination. Many channels are being directly terminated without a prior warning. Please review these cases fairly.
#StopTheCircumventionBan 🚫
@TeamYouTube@YouTubeIndia YouTube should give creators a warning before termination. Many channels are being directly terminated without a prior warning. Please review these cases fairly. 🙏
Sounds like @TeamYouTube has been banning channels for no reason. Literally none. The people I see keep getting told nothing about why they were banned. Just that it's final. Maybe there needs to be a revolution. People who use YouTube complain, boycott, do whatever it takes until they stop and listen to their creators. Without every creator and viewer, YouTube is nothing.
YOUTUBE IS TREATING CREATORS LIKE CRIMINALS.
WE ARE CREATORS. NOT PRISONERS.
Creators should not lose their entire YouTube presence overnight because of ONE MISTAKE.
NO WARNING.
NO STRIKE.
NO REAL CHANCE TO CORRECT IT.
The CIRCUMVENTION POLICY can turn one channel’s termination into a domino effect, taking down other channels connected to that creator.
ONE CHANNEL GOES DOWN. THEN THE OTHERS FOLLOW.
That is a real problem for creators.
THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
MY ORIGINAL CHANNEL
25K SUBSCRIBERS. 4–5 MILLION VIEWS.
Steal a Brainrot content on Roblox.
MORE THAN 75% OF THAT CHANNEL WAS REGULAR CONTENT.
Then came those 5 DAYS OF HEAVY CTA SHORTS during the event.
Across those Shorts, I told viewers to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, DROP A COMMENT, AND FOLLOW ME ON ROBLOX for help with the event.
The channel jumped from 7K TO 25K SUBSCRIBERS in 5 days.
The game was averaging 15–20 MILLION USERS at the time.
WITHOUT THAT MASSIVE GROWTH SPIKE DURING THOSE INCENTIVE SHORTS, I DON’T THINK MY CHANNEL WOULD’VE BEEN INSTANTLY TERMINATED.
I GAINED 18K SUBSCRIBERS IN JUST 5 DAYS BECAUSE OF THOSE SHORTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT MASSIVE SPIKE IS WHAT GOT ME FLAGGED.
I KNOW NOW THOSE SHORTS WERE INCENTIVE ENGAGEMENT. I DIDN’T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME.
BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE 5 DAYS OF CTA SHORTS AND THAT MASSIVE GROWTH, I WENT STRAIGHT FROM NO WARNING/STRIKE TO INSTANT TERMINATION AND A LIFETIME BAN.
THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER THE EVENT WAS OVER.
MY SECOND CHANNEL
40K SUBSCRIBERS. 10 MILLION VIEWS IN 5 MONTHS.
Fight in a School content on Roblox.
1,100+ VIDEOS. ZERO VIOLATIONS.
6 MONTHS LATER, THIS CHANNEL WAS HIT TOO.
It was removed because of the original channel’s termination.
MY THIRD CHANNEL
2K SUBSCRIBERS. 300K VIEWS IN 2 WEEKS.
Fight in a School backup channel.
A MONTH LATER, THIS CHANNEL WAS HIT TOO.
Then my other channels including ones I barely or never used were removed as well.
EVERYTHING GONE.
My original channel has been gone 9 MONTHS.
My second has been gone 4 MONTHS.
My other channels have been gone 2 MONTHS.
ONE MISTAKE. MULTIPLE CHANNELS GONE.
WE ARE CREATORS. NOT CRIMINALS.
WE ARE CREATORS. NOT PRISONERS.
#ReinstateIslandneofr
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YouTube Creators Protest AI Channel Terminations Without Explanations YouTube used AI to give me a LIFETIME BAN with zero warning and zero explanation. My only “violation is #Amharic@TeamYouTube
The way thousands of creators are getting booted from YouTube, banned for life with no ability to rebuild, needs to be studied. No violations, no strikes, no warnings, just booted by AI with no ability to plead your case. It’s insane @TeamYouTube@YouTube
The way thousands of creators are getting booted from YouTube, banned for life with no ability to rebuild, needs to be studied. No violations, no strikes, no warnings, just booted by AI with no ability to plead your case. It’s insane
If you had your YouTube channel WRONGFULLY terminated, please comment below with:
1. Your YouTube account profile picture
2. What content you create
3. The reason YouTube gave you for your channel termination, and when you received your termination email
@TeamYouTube, fix this!
@Joe2ShiestyLit 🗓️ AUG 20 • DAY 462 – 🤖 THREE STRIKES… DISCONNECTED
The old rule was: 3 strikes. ⚾️
Now it seems one AI decision can mean lifetime exile—with no warning, no explanation, no human review.
Apparently, the 3-strike system got replaced by ONE CLICK.
#UnitedForBanned#Day462
Hi @TeamYouTube ,
I’m following up regarding the DM you sent about my terminated YouTube creator account. I have already responded, but I have not yet received any further update.
My channel was terminated under the Spam, deceptive practices & scams policy, and I respectfully request a manual review of my case and appeal. I would like to clearly understand the specific reason for the enforcement and have the opportunity to explain my situation. If this action was taken in error, I kindly request that my channel be reinstated.
This channel and its content are very important to me, and I have invested significant time and effort into building it. I kindly ask that my case not be closed or overlooked without a proper review of my appeal.
Could you please check the current status of my case and escalate it to the appropriate YouTube team for further review? I would greatly appreciate your assistance and a clear update on my appeal.
Thank you.
YOUTUBE, LISTEN.
CREATORS NEED WARNINGS.
You are not keeping YOUTUBE safe by removing channels every day like you claim.
Instead, you’re destroying communities and removing the people who make the PLATFORM WATCHABLE.
You say you want creators who keep viewers watching yet you can permanently remove those same creators over a mistake without giving them a chance to learn from it.
If someone makes a mistake that does not AFFECT a user in any way, GIVE THEM A DAMN WARNING and a chance to fix it.
Everyone on YouTube has made mistakes. Some get warnings. Some get strikes. Others get PERMANENTLY REMOVED on a first violation and are basically told to fuck off and never come back because of the circumvention policy.
WHY?
In my case, I understand the violation came from the 5 days when I posted a shit ton of CTA Shorts telling viewers they could follow me on Roblox for help.
I genuinely had NO CLUE that doing that could violate YouTube’s rules.
But I also had a completely CLEAN 11-MONTH HISTORY.
NO WARNING.
NO STRIKE.
NO COMMUNITY GUIDELINES VIOLATIONS.
Then those 5 days of CTA Shorts got me BANNED FOR LIFE over something MINOR.
MY SECOND CHANNEL SHOWS EXACTLY WHY A WARNING WOULD HAVE FIXED MY MISTAKE IMMEDIATELY.
If YouTube had warned me on my first channel, I would have stopped posting those CTA Shorts or removed them immediately.
Instead, I was terminated right away and never got that chance.
If you never give people a chance to correct their mistakes, then what’s the point of pointing creators to the Community Guidelines after they’ve already been punished?
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO LEARN IF YOU NEVER GIVE US A CHANCE TO FIX WHAT WE DID WRONG?
And there’s another part of this that makes the situation even worse.
I had NO IDEA my second channel was violating the circumvention policy.
I had previously contacted YouTube Support and received information that led me to believe I could continue building that channel. If YouTube Support itself gives creators incorrect or incomplete information about its own policies, how are creators supposed to understand what they’re actually allowed to do?
That information led me to keep building my second channel only for YouTube to eventually REMOVE THAT CHANNEL TOO.
And everything I’m saying about my case, I HAVE PROOF OF.
Screenshots. Messages. Emails. Everything.
But for some reason, I still can’t get an actual HUMAN to look at my case.
I have the evidence. I have the history. I have the explanations.
I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT.
So why wasn’t there a warning?
Why wasn’t there a strike?
Why weren’t the CTA Shorts simply removed?
Why not Advanced Features removal or even a temporary suspension?
Why did it go straight to “GET OFF YOUTUBE” permanently and then result in EVERYTHING I BUILT being taken away?
The event is LONG OVER. Those CTA videos are DEAD. I’m not doing that anymore.
I didn’t force anyone to leave YouTube.
I didn’t scam anyone.
I didn’t deceive anyone.
My viewers were simply being told they could follow me on Roblox for help.
HOW does telling someone to follow me on Roblox make my channel UNSAFE to users?
I know YouTube has the right to enforce its policies. I understand that.
But if someone isn’t doing something that is SEVERELY UNSAFE for users, why are they being banned for LIFE?
Creators need a chance to LEARN from their mistakes.
A warning could have taught me the rule without destroying YEARS of work.
Give creators a chance to understand the rules BEFORE you destroy everything they’ve built.
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YouTube, you told me you’d look into this then never responded.
You say, “We apply our guidelines equally.”
WHERE IS THE FAIR PLAY HERE?
I see creators post:
“I made a mistake. I never got a warning. I had a long clean history before this.”
Their post gets 1 MILLION VIEWS, YouTube reviews the case, and suddenly their channel is RESTORED THE SAME DAY.
Now look at MY CASE.
I ALSO HAD A CLEAN HISTORY 11 MONTHS with no warning, no strike, and no Community Guidelines violations.
Then for 5 DAYS, I posted a shit ton of CTA Shorts telling viewers that if they wanted help with the event in the game I was making content for at the time, they could find me on Roblox.
The only thing I showed was my ROBLOX USERNAME.
Instead of a warning, I was BANNED FOR LIFE.
WHERE IS THE FAIR PLAY?
And look at what happened after that.
I switched immediately.
My second channel grew to 40K SUBSCRIBERS and it grew FASTER than the channel where I posted those CTA Shorts.
I moved on from that strategy immediately.
THAT’S WHY A WARNING WOULD HAVE WORKED.
I didn’t need to be permanently removed to learn from my mistake. I needed to be told I was breaking a rule.
If you can give other creators warnings, review their cases, and restore their channels when their cases blow up, GIVE ME THAT SAME CHANCE.
I made a mistake.
I had a clean history.
GIVE ME A WARNING. GIVE ME A CHANCE TO FIX IT.
Just like you give other people.
You told me you’d look into my case.
WHERE IS MY CASE?
Everything I’ve said about my situation has proof behind it.
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. GIVE US ALL A CHANCE BEFORE PERMANENTLY REMOVING US. SOME OF US ACTUALLY LEARN FROM WARNINGS.
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YOUTUBE, THIS MAKES ZERO SENSE.
My original channel had 271 CLEAN VIDEOS.
The last 50 videos were heavily focused on CTA Shorts telling viewers that if they wanted help with the Aquatic Base event, they could find me on Roblox.
I was also HELPING PEOPLE while doing this. I had followers elsewhere who can tell you that too.
I never used links. I wasn’t intentionally forcing users to leave YouTube.
All I did was show my Roblox profile picture and username and tell viewers they could find me on Roblox if they wanted help with the event.
I didn’t show the Roblox app. I didn’t demand that anyone leave YouTube.
PEOPLE COULD HAVE JUST SCROLLED PAST AND MOST DID.
There was nothing forcing users to leave YouTube.
During those 5 days, my channel grew from 7K → 25K subscribers.
I overused a growth tactic without realizing I was breaking a rule.
THAT’S IT.
This wasn’t me sending people to harmful websites.
This wasn’t a scam.
This wasn’t me trying to hurt anybody.
It was an ACCIDENTAL, HARMLESS GROWTH TACTIC that I overused.
And instead of a warning telling me to stop, I got BANNED FOR LIFE.
Now look at my SECOND CHANNEL.
1,100+ CLEAN VIDEOS.
Almost 5× more videos than my original channel.
NO CTA VIDEOS. NO CTA CONTENT.
It was completely different and grew to 40K SUBSCRIBERS IN 5 MONTHS through regular, clean gaming content.
And to make this even worse, my second channel wasn’t removed at the same time as my first.
It was removed during a DOCUMENTED YOUTUBE OUTAGE that caused my second channel to look like spam.
I keep showing proof of what happened, yet I still can’t get a REAL REVIEW of my case.
And what exactly did removing my channel keep safe?
Before any of this, most of my subscribers were already ROBLOX USERS.
They came to YouTube because they were looking for help with the event. They were already playing Roblox.
I DIDN’T FORCE ANYONE TO LEAVE YOUTUBE.
Most of those users were going to Roblox themselves anyway because that’s literally the game they already played.
Whether my channel existed or not, they were still going to leave YouTube to play Roblox.
YOU DIDN’T KEEP THEM SAFE BY REMOVING MY CHANNEL.
You just took away the YouTube community I spent months building.
Put BOTH channels together.
That’s roughly 16 MONTHS of clean content and history.
Compared to 5 DAYS of CTA-focused content.
WHY DOES 5 DAYS OVERRIDE 16 MONTHS OF CLEAN HISTORY?
Seriously, how does that make sense?
A warning would have changed everything.
If you had warned me, I would have stopped immediately.
HOW ARE CREATORS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IF YOU SKIP THE WARNING AND GO STRAIGHT TO A PERMANENT BAN?
I made a mistake.
I had a long clean history.
I was willing to stop.
GIVE CREATORS A CHANCE TO LEARN BEFORE PERMANENTLY REMOVING EVERYTHING THEY BUILT.
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. SOME OF US ACTUALLY LEARN FROM WARNINGS.
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