I got an email recently from YouTube stating that I had = seriously violated their child safety content policy = and therefore they were terminating my YouTube channel (with no warning). What the hell !
Apparently they are in effect saying that I’m participating in the victimization of minors. NO. No. I am NOT ! N O
I had a small channel, non-monetized or sponsored, just me making a few innocent G-rated videos from clips that had nothing whatsoever to do with, or about minors in any way ! The most recent video was over 5 years ago— so w t f, YouTube !
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an email from YouTube :
We have reviewed your content and found severe or repeated violations of our child safety policy. Because of this, we have removed your channel from YouTube.
What our policy says
Content involving the sexualization of minors is not allowed on YouTube.
We know this is probably very upsetting news, but it’s our job to make sure that YouTube is a safe place for all. If we think a channel severely violates our policies, we take it down to protect other users on the platform – but if you believe we’ve made the wrong call, you can appeal this decision. You’ll find more information about the policy in question and how to submit an appeal below.
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I have no idea whatsoever what they are talking about as my ‘severe and frequent violations’. I guess it’s a big secret or something, because they never said WHAT exactly I supposedly did. No documentation provided, not even when I requested it.
So I made my appeal stating that an error had been made, with the facts supporting my innocence of these accusations. YouTube itself states that violations of content are flagged by an automated function as well as other users reporting violations. They also state that an appeal may, or may not, be reviewed by a human. A quick response stated that they had ‘carefully reviewed my content’ (they did Not) and their decision stands. No humans involved.
I made a second appeal again stating the facts of wrongful termination and tagged it ‘human review’- hoping against hope that an actual person is in there somewhere. That may be – but not for me, my 2nd appeal was denied immediately, automatically, in 10 seconds.
Nobody looked at it, how silly of me to believe somebody would listen to me ! I wonder if this is happening to other people – but there’s no way to tell anyone, with being blocked from interacting or communicating with anyone on the site..
So if you have a YouTube channel – beware – this could happen to you too.
= appeal denied = How this affects your channel :
We won’t be putting your channel back up on YouTube
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