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YouTube may suspend accounts, temporarily or permanently, from their social networking service. Suspensions of high-profile individuals from YouTube are unusual and when they occur, often attract attention in the media.

List of notable suspensions

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Individual/account Description Date of suspension Reason for suspension
That Guy with the Glasses Channel run by comedian and internet personality Doug Walker of Nostalgia Critic Jun 18, 2007 Copyright infringement.[1] After launching a That Guy with the Glasses website in 2008, his content returned to YouTube in 2009 as part of a deal between the site and Blip.tv,[2] the website's primary video host.[3]
Wael Abbas Egyptian journalist, blogger, and human rights activist Sep 2007 Complaints about graphic content, particularly those depicting tortures.[4]
Sturmgeist89 / NaturalSelector89 Two channels run by a Finnish student who committed the Jokela school shooting in 2007, the shooter's first channel, NaturalSelector89 was supended in October 2007 and his final one in November 2007, the day when the shooting happened. The shooter died later the same day. His last video was called "Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007" with the image of the school, followed by two red images of the shooter holding a pistol.[5] October 19, 2007

November 7, 2007

School shooting and repeated violations of YouTube community guidelines[5]
Evalion Canadian internet personality May 17, 2016 Hate speech[6]
Uriminzokkiri North Korean state-run website Sep 11, 2017 Violating YouTube's community guidelines[7]
Toy Freaks Single father of two Nov 22, 2017 After being highlighted in a Medium article, the top-100 channel, which had over 8 million subscribers at the time,[8] was terminated for violating YouTube's child endangerment policy, which they had recently revised in response to media coverage of supposedly child-friendly videos containing disturbing content on YouTube.[9]
Logan Paul Internet personality, actor, director and musician Feb 2018 YouTube suspended all advertising on Paul's channels due to his pattern of behavior.[10] The suspension was lifted 18 days later.[11]
Government of Pakistan Official account for the Pakistani government Feb 2, 2018 Suspended for copyright infringement. Account restored a day later.[12][13]
FamilyOFive Family vlog Jul 18, 2018 Violating child endangerment guidelines.[14]
The Alex Jones Channel Video channel run by American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for his website InfoWars Aug 6, 2018 Terminated for violating hate speech and harassment guidelines, following similar bans done by Facebook, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts around this time.[15] His channel was initially just suspended from doing live broadcasts for 90 days, and deleted four of his videos, on July 25 for violating their policies regarding hate speech and graphic content.[16] His follow-up channel "Resistance News" was terminated on March 19, 2019.[17]
TwinzTV Pranking October 28, 2018 Terminated for unnamed reasons. Earlier that year, YouTube moderation deleted over a hundred videos on TwinzTV for promoting the ghostwriting service "EduBirdie", which violated their policy.[18][19]
Austin Jones Musician Feb 2019 Terminated after he pleaded guilty to child pornography offenses. They initially refused to.[20][21]
Fantastic Adventures Comedy channel Mar 20, 2019 Violating child endangerment guidelines.[22]
Steven Crowder Right-wing comedian and commentator Jun 4, 2019 Demonetized his channels for having "a pattern of egregious actions that has harmed the broader community" following a dispute between Crowder and Vox producer Carlos Maza over alleged homophobic content. YouTube initially ruled his content was "hurtful" but not in violation of its guidelines.[23]
ThuleanPerspective Channel run by Norwegian far-right activist and black metal musician Varg Vikernes Jun 5, 2019 Hate speech. Banned hours after YouTube updated its guidelines to ban white supremacist, antisemitic, and misogynistic content.[24][25]
Soph Right-wing comedian and commentator Aug 5, 2019 Terminated for posting a video that ended with her making death threats and telling followers to cite her in their manifestos, in reference to the mass shootings attributed to 8chan earlier in the year. Her Patreon was also terminated.[26]
210 pro-Mainland China accounts Aug 23, 2019 Suspended for involvement in "coordinated influence operations" to turn public opinion against the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.[27]
American Identity Movement White nationalist group, since defunct Aug 26, 2019 Violating hate speech policies.[28]
James Allsup American white nationalist
TRS Radio Video channel for Neo-Nazi website The Right Stuff
VDARE TV Video channel for far-right website VDARE
Red Ice TV Channels run by far-right multimedia outlet Red Ice Oct 17, 2019 Red Ice TV, which served as the outlet's main channel, was terminated for violating hate speech policies.[29] Their second channel, which served as a backup, was also terminated.[30]
Red Ice Media Oct 23, 2019
James Charles, FaZe Rug, FaZe Kay, Leah Ashe, and others Multiple popular YouTubers Nov 5, 2019 Accidental termination, possibly due to a bug on YouTube's end. The accounts were shortly reinstated.[31]
Owen Benjamin Alt-right comedian Dec 3, 2019 Terminated for repeated attempts at circumventing the website's terms of service.[32]
America First with Nicholas J Fuentes Channel run by American white nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes Feb 14, 2020 Violating hate speech policies.[33]
TruNews Video channel for the far-right conspiracy theorist website of the same name Feb 20, 2020 Violating hate speech policies.[34] Was temporarily suspended in November 2019 after pastor and site founder Rick Wiles accused Jews of being behind former U.S. President Donald Trump's first impeachment.[35]
David Icke Conspiracy theorist, former sports broadcaster and football player May 2, 2020 Promoting misleading information about the COVID-19 pandemic. YouTube a month prior banned all videos that claimed the virus was caused by 5G following a livestream where Icke did so. His Facebook profile was also deleted at the time of the termination.[36][37]
The Iconoclast British far-right activist Jun 19, 2020 Violating hate speech policies.[38] Account was suspended in 2019, but restored on appeal.[39]
Gavin McInnes Far-right political commentator and founder of the Proud Boys Jun 22, 2020 Violating hate speech policies.[40]
Two accounts linked to American Renaissance White nationalist and far-right personalities and institutions Jun 29, 2020 Violating hate speech policies.[41]
David Duke
NPI/Radix
Richard Spencer
Stefan Molyneux
Martin Sellner Austrian far-right activist and leader of Identitäre Bewegung Österreich Jul 13, 2020 Violating hate speech policies.[42] His account was suspended in 2019, but restored on appeal.[39]
Wiley Rapper Aug 5, 2020 Banned after antisemitic rant. Banned from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in July.[43]
LeafyIsHere Commentator Aug 21, 2020 Making several videos mocking Pokimane, which violated YouTube's policy on harassment and bullying.[44]
LensCapProductions / MrAnime / MrBryko Anime show reviews Sep 30, 2020 [45]
Baked Alaska Alt-right activist Oct 13, 2020 Unknown; believed to be caused by a video of him harassing a convenience store employee for asking him to wear a mask.[46]
Patriots' Soapbox News Network QAnon-linked Channel Oct 15, 2020 Terminated as part of a site-wide crackdown on channels that promote “conspiracy theories that have been used to justify real-world violence.”[47]
ABS-CBN News and ANC 24/7 News media Nov 3, 2020 Suspension lifted one day later.[48] It is believed that the channels were hacked to upload a Ripple livestream to promote a bitcoin scam.[49] The issue was resolved several hours later.
One America News Network Far-right American news outlet Nov 24, 2020 Violating YouTube's COVID-19 misinformation policy; suspended for 1 week and demonetized.[50]
talkRADIO British talk radio station Jan 5, 2021 Violating YouTube's COVID-19 misinformation policy; suspended for a few hours.[51]
Donald J Trump President of the United States Jan 13, 2021 Violating YouTube's policy on violence following the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[52]
LifeSiteNews Video channel for the far-right Catholic news site of the same name Feb 10, 2021 Terminated for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines.[53]
Channels run by the Burmese military Mar 5, 2021 Terminated in response to violent crackdown of protestors that occurred during the 2021 Myanmar protests.[54]
Steven Crowder Right-wing comedian and commentator Mar 30, 2021 Suspended for a week for disputing the 2020 United States presidential election results in Nevada. His main channel is also permanently removed from the YouTube Partner Program.[55]
Sebastian Gorka Former Trump White House senior adviser, radio host Apr 12, 2021 Permanent ban for violating YouTube's presidential election integrity policy [56]
EDP445 YouTuber known for rants and reviews Apr 27, 2021 Nine days before his channel was suspended, he attempted to meet what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl for sex in a vigilante sting operation ran by Chet Goldstein.[57]
Chet Goldstein Sting operations Apr 27, 2021 Terminated shortly after running his vigilante sting operation on EDP445, on the same day as him.[58]
Ron Johnson U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Jun 11, 2021 Suspended for a week for misinformation via promoting Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin as alternate COVID-19 treatments.[59]
RWW Blog Video channel for monitoring site Right Wing Watch Jun 29, 2021 Suspended for a day after YouTube accidentally suspended the channel for allegedly violating community guidelines. Right Wing Watch appealed to the ban which was rejected by YouTube. The channel was reinstated hours later after review.[60]
Marcelito Pomoy Filipino singer Jul 29, 2021 Suspended for violating YouTube's community guidelines following his channel getting hacked to display an Algorand bitcoin livestream.[61]
Sky News Australia Australian right-wing news channel Suspended for a week after uploading videos containing misleading information regarding COVID-19. The suspension also bars the YouTube channel from running its livestreams. The videos that were uploaded were removed from their YouTube channel.[62][63][64]
Rand Paul U.S. Senator from Kentucky Aug 11, 2021 Suspended for a week for posting a video claiming that face masks are ineffective, in violating guidelines on COVID-19 misinformation.[65]
Professor Waffle Channel run by Jake Davison, perpetrator of the 2021 Plymouth shooting Aug 13, 2021 Removed in the aftermath of the shooting for violating YouTube’s “Offline behaviour” policy. [66]
R. Kelly Singer Oct 5, 2021 R. Kelly's YouTube channel was terminated following his conviction for sex trafficking.[67]
Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil Oct 26, 2021 Suspended for a week for violating YouTube's COVID-19 misinformation policy after saying that COVID-19 vaccine causes AIDS.[68]
Dan Bongino Talk show host, former United States Secret Service agent Jan 14, 2022 Suspended for violating YouTube's COVID-19 misinformation policy after claiming masks are "useless" in preventing the spread of the disease. [69]
Duma TV Russian Parliament Channel of State Duma Apr 8, 2022 Terminated for violating YouTube's Terms of Service in response to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Vyacheslav Volodin, the Duma speaker, said YouTube's move was further evidence of Washington's violation of rights and freedoms.[70]
Julien Bam [de] German filmmaker Apr 18, 2022 Temporarily suspended after being compromised by spammers. Reinstated shortly after.[71]
Drachenlord [de] German streamer Aug 2022[72]
Linus Tech Tips, TechLinked Technology channel March 23, 2023 Linus Tech Tips, and TechLinked channels were hacked. Many privated videos were made public[citation needed] and the channel started streaming deepfakes of Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey interviews. Linus Tech Tips was renamed to LinusTechTipsTemp with the handle @temporaryhandle meanwhile TechLinked was renamed to Tesla. YouTube later terminated the channels for "violating community guidelines". A response was later published on Floatplane saying that the Linus Media Group were working with Google to resolve the issue. The channels were restored a few days later.[73]
Apollo Quiboloy Philippine pastor June 21, 2023 Quiboloy was wanted by the FBI for alleged human trafficking and sanctioned by the Magnitsky Act. The suspension was caused by the YouTuber SomeOrdinaryGamers questioning why he was still allowed on YouTube. [74] Later, other channels related to Quiboloy, such as his church Kingdom of Jesus Christ's channel and the channel of its official news channel Sonshine Media Network International were also taken down, on July 7.[75]
Uncle Slava, video blogger[76] Donbas political activist, Omegle/Chatroulette streamer Aug 24, 2023 Fitness and criminal justice blogger, later focussing on Ukrainian issues following the 2013 Euromaidan protests including the Nazi relations of the Azov Brigade, far-right and racial problems and potential resolutions to the war in Donbas. Suspended due to his active position in favor of speaking with both Ukrainian and Donbas people using online chat services and translating these discussions.[77]
Ruby Franke Family vlogger (8 Passengers), parental advice company (ConneXions) Aug 31, 2023 Channels 8 Passengers and ConneXions terminated following Franke and Hildebrandt's arrest for six charges of aggravated child abuse.[78] Franke openly admitted in her content to withholding food and bedding from her children as form of punishment, and online petitions to get child protective services involved had existed since 2020.[79]
Jodi Hildebrandt
Godtone LoL Pacific Championship Series pro player, famous Twitch and YouTube streamer in Taiwan. Apr 12, 2024 Godtone faced criticism from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan after mocking child pornography on his stream. He issued an apology, but his YouTube channel was suspended shortly thereafter.[80]
Monsta Animation studio Apr 16, 2024 Monsta YouTube channel was hacked and renamed into Microstrategy, resulted in its account and videos being removed.[81]
Dr Disrespect Live gaming streamer June 29, 2024 In June 2020, Beahm was permanently banned from Twitch for then-undisclosed reasons.[82] He returned to streaming on YouTube a month later.[83] In June 2024, former Twitch employees named Cody Conners disclosed that his ban was due to sexting with a minor using Twitch's Whisper feature in 2017.[84] Beahm acknowledged the nature of his ban, and characterized the messages as "inappropriate"[85]. Following this, YouTube demonetized and suspended his channel from the platform's partner program, and his partnerships were suspended.[86]
SHAMAN, Grigory Leps, Oleg Gazmanov, Polina Gagarina Russian singers Jul 2024 Terminated on appeal from LRTK and to comply with EU sanctions.[87]
Lauren Chen Conservative political commentary Sep 5, 2024 Terminated following an indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice in which her company, Tenet Media, was accused of being funded by the Russian government.[88][89]
Ironmouse VTuber Sep 20, 2024 Terminated following false copyright strikes intended to obtain her personal identity. Ironmouse's streaming video on demand channel had been terminated ten days earlier for similar reasons.[90] Both accounts would subsequently be restored on September 23.

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