Termination

A Termination (also known as a Suspension, Deletion, Removal and commonly referred to as a Ban) is when a YouTube channel gets removed, and their content and monetization revenue will be lost for violating the rule or rules under Google's policies and/or YouTube's Community Guidelines. A lot of popular channels have been banned for violent content, sexual content, spamming, illegal or drugs, irregular goods, copyright infringement, sanctions evasion, or other violations. 
Any signed-in user can report a video in an attempt to take it down. Videos can be also flagged by YouTube's machine learning system. When a video is flagged, it's NOT immediately taken down. YouTube staff reviews videos 24/7 to determine if videos violate YouTube's Community Guidelines. YouTube also uses a machine learning to detect if a video violates their policies. If you click on a terminated channel's link it will lead you to a page saying that the channel's account is terminated.
If a copyright owner notices that their content was reuploaded without their permission, they will send a copyright takedown request to YouTube. YouTube staff will review the request and take down the allegedly infringing video. The video owner will receive a copyright strike.
Users who are not signed in on YouTube cannot report videos to prevent false reports and report spam, but due to how the system works with reports, and the fact YouTube's team does not double check videos determining what goes against their Community Guidelines to crack down on false reporting against flaggers with conspiracies to take down channels for a certain reason, a certain amount of chances for signed-in users can get a channel penalized after reports as any reason (i.e. spam or phishing scams, while the actual content being reported does not), possibly immediate termination without warning. If a signed-out user tries to report content, they will be redirected to the Google account sign in page. 
== Consequences==
When a user violates YouTube's terms of service, they receive an email explaining what policy they violated and how it affects their channel. If the violation affects their channel, the user receive a Community Guidelines strike or a warning. If the user gets three strikes, their YouTube account gets banned. If YouTube detects that the whole channel violates their policies or if there's a single case of severe abuse, the channel will get banned immediately without any prior warnings. YouTube may also contact law enforcement if the violation is serious enough. 
If a user allegedly infringes someone's copyright, the copyright owner may send a copyright takedown notice do not permit upload owner to the infringer. If this happens, the user receives an email stating that their video was removed due to a copyright takedown request. The channel owner receives a copyright strike. If the user receives 3 strikes, their account gets banned.
Until the Google acquisition, banned accounts on attempts to sign in were given the Your account has now been permanently banned error popup. Suspended accounts are now redirected to the "Unable to access a Google product" help page, and in addition, the user is later required to verify their Google phone number first in-order to regain access to all other Google right after the account gets suspended. A bunch of banned YouTubers have the same error popup, without the "now" on login attempt.
== Strikes ==
Strikes could be issued to your channel by YouTube to help keep content safe for everyone. If your channel violates the YouTube Community Guidelines or Terms of Service, your channel will get a copyright strike or Community Guidelines strike.
=== Copyright strikes ===
These occur when some of your content was taken down due to a valid legal request to YouTube from a copyright owner. For example, if you used someone else's content without their permission, there may be serious consequences for your channel. If the copyright strike message is displayed on your channel page, it will show a purple referee man looking and holding a yellow card. If you want to appeal the strike, you will have to attend Copyright School.
Strike 1 - First strike (will not expire until you finish Copyright School).
Strike 2 - Second strike.
Strike 3 - Account termination. Your account will be terminated unless you send a counter notification. If the claimant doesn’t respond to the counter notification within 10 U.S. business days, your account will be reinstated. Channels that are in the YouTube Partner Program will be given a 7-day grace period to resolve the strikes before being terminated. Submitting a counter notification will put your account’s termination on hold until the claimant responds.
=== Community Guidelines strikes ===
Community Guidelines strikes are enforced by YouTube's automated machine learning system to scan millions of content to check if content violates their Community Guidelines, and they are also enforced by the Trust and Safety team at YouTube who review videos against their Community Guidelines, but copyright strikes are submitted by copyright owners directly to YouTube. YouTube uses artificial intelligence to detect harmful content from videos and the video will be removed. Community Guidelines strikes affect your channel and they will not expire after a set period of time, depending on the strike you received. Deleting the content that caused the strike won't remove the strike.
First violation - Warning.
Strike 1 - One-week posting ban. You won't be able to post comments, upload videos and share community posts for a week.
Strike 2 - Two-week posting ban. You won't be able to post comments, upload videos and share community posts for 2 weeks.
Strike 3 - Channel termination.
== Why are YouTube terminations important? ==
During the middle of 2005, the YouTube report system was added. And you might ask why YouTube needs to ban channels.
If the video or channel is dedicated to egregious channel violations, such as hate speech, spam, illegal or drugs or inappropriate content, the Trust and Safety team will remove the video or channel immediately without prior warning.
Community Guidelines strikes were started to be reviewed by bots in the 2010s. The YouTube team sometimes doesn't review some content, because of the time it takes to look at other users' channels, check all their videos, and strike them manually if their content breaks the Terms Of Services or Community Guidelines. To combat this, they tried making a bot to detect explicit content from channels that violate YouTube's Community Guidelines.
==Ban Messages==
These are a list of all of the messages when a channel gets terminated, eg.: This account has been terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines.
=== New channel termination message ===
"This channel was removed because it violated our Community Guidelines."
When a channel severely or repeatedly violates any of YouTube's Community Guidelines, this message will be displayed. This message is displayed on all channels that were terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines.
===Created Channel===
"Your channel is being created. Check back in a few moments."
This is what you see after you create a new channel or re-enable your channel after hiding it.
===Harassment and bullying===
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully or threaten."
When a channel is uploading videos meant to harass, bully, or threaten people, the account would receive a channel ban. 
===Semi-Harassment or Bullying===
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy on a semi-harassment or semi-bullying."
===Copyright Infringement===
"This account has been terminated because we received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding material (that) the user posted."
When a channel gets 3 copyright strikes, the account will receive a channel ban. It will not be recovered. 
"This account has been terminated because it is linked to an account that received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement." 
If an account has multiple channels and one gets banned for copyright infringement, all channels in that particular account will be banned because it's against YouTube's Terms of Service to own another channel. But it's actually against the law.
"This account has been terminated due to a primary owner of copyright infringement."
Channel during suspension of violations our YouTube's Terms of Service in a pending ban channels.
===Terms of Service===
"This account has been terminated for a violation of YouTube's Terms of Service."
If a user is not following YouTube's Terms of Service, including misuse of reporting (or sanctions evasion), the channel will be banned. 
Alternatively, if a user refuses to follow YouTube's Terms of Service, the channel will be constantly banned.
"This account has been terminated because it is linked to an account that was suspended for violating YouTube's Terms of Service."
If a Google account has multiple channels and one gets banned for a policy violation, all channels in that particular account will be terminated, even if the channels did not break YouTube's TOS or Community Guidelines.
Another channel means "brand accounts" to switch accounts on YouTube. If your brand accounts were terminated for violating YouTube's Terms of Service, this will happen to your main channel first but not all your brand accounts you created, will be obviously deleted and your brand accounts will be terminated permanently.
===Repeated or Severe Violations===
"This account has been terminated due to repeated or severe violations of our Terms of Service."
===YouTube Music Kids===
"This account has been terminated for violating YouTube Music/Kids' Terms of Service."
===Google Terms of Service===
"This account has been terminated for violating Google's Terms of Service."
If a Google account is suspended for their Terms of Service violation, their YouTube channel is also terminated during this process, although it is clear that the YouTube channel does not violate YouTube's Terms of Service. 
This happens if you had created many Google accounts and asking a phone number to verify and unlock it from newer Android versions. For your own safety, do NOT try on older Android versions which it had unlimited account creation feature for this process.
===YouTube or Google Terms of Service===
"This account has been terminated for violating YouTube or Google's Terms of Service."
If a channel happened to violate both YouTube and/or Google's Terms of Service, their channel is subject to termination.
=== Spam, deceptive practices and scams ===
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations."
If a channel is uploading videos that are spam, scams, doing deceptive practices, or spreading misleading content, their channel will be terminated. Their channel can also get banned for posting spam comments.
===Hate speech===
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy prohibiting hate speech." 
When a channel is uploading videos or posting comments that promote hatred or violence against individuals or protected groups, their channel will get banned.
===Impersonation===
"This account has been terminated due to a violation of YouTube's policy prohibiting impersonation."
If a channel copies another channel layout by name, profile, and banner to trick others into thinking it's one thing or another when it's not, it results in a channel ban.
E.g., impersonating the original creator's name or an outsider, channel banner, channel profile picture, about me, stolen videos, copying community posts, stolen title and description, etc. The subscribers will not be the same.
===Community Guidelines===
"This account has been terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines."
If a user is not following YouTube's Community Guidelines, the channel will be constantly banned.
If a channel has 3 community guidelines strikes, their channel will be terminated. The user can appeal if they think it was an error. However, if they abuse or misuse the appeal system, they will be unable to create another channel. They may create a new Google account instead and create another channel that allows them to continue uploading videos on YouTube.
Alternatively, if a person refuses to follow YouTube's Community Guidelines, the channel is subject to termination.
The person who uploads content violating the Community Guidelines will be unable to receive a play button.
This happens if you violate two or more rules without following it.
"This account has been terminated due to repeated or severe violations of our Community Guidelines."
===Community Guidelines or Copyright Infringement===
"This account has been terminated due to repeated or severe violations of our Community Guidelines and/or claims of copyright infringement."
===Initial Consequence Violation===
"This account has been terminated for an initial consequence violation of YouTube's Community Guidelines."
=== Abusive comments ===
"This account has been terminated due to repeated abusive, hateful and/or harassing comments that violate YouTube's Community Guidelines." 
If a channel posts comments that contain harassment, hate speech, or violent threats, it results in a channel ban. 
===Nudity or Sexual Content===
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy on nudity or sexual content." 
If a channel posts explicit videos that are meant to be sexually gratifying, it results in a channel termination.
"This account has been suspended for violating YouTube's policy on explicit, sexual, nudity or other violations."
If a channel posts content that contains nudity or sexual content, their channel will be wiped off from the platform.
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spamming, posting and uploading nudity or sexual content altogether." 
=== Illegal or drugs, sale environment or regular goods ===
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy on illegal or drugs, sale environment or regular goods."
If a channel post illegal or drugs, sale environment or regular goods that's meant to shock or disgust viewers, it will result in a channel ban. And if a channel posts content that encourages others to illegal or drugs acts, it will also result in a channel ban.
===G Suite for Education===
"This account has been suspended since Brand Accounts are not supported for G Suite for Education users in primary/secondary schools."
=== Trademark ===
"This account has been terminated due to a Trademark claim by a third party."
If a channel infringes someone else's trademark, the trademark owner may send a trademark complaint which results the infringer to be banned.
"This account has been terminated due to a Registered Trademark claim by a third party."
===Legal Complaint===
"This account has been terminated due to a legal complaint." 
If YouTube receives a legal complaint regarding a particular channel, the channel is subject to termination. 
=== Violent or Graphic Content ===
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy on violence." 
If a channel posts violent or gory content that's meant to shock or disgust viewers, it will result in a channel ban. And if a channel posts content that encourages others to do violent acts, it will also result in a channel ban. And also if a channel posts content with gibberish titles containing violent or gory content or doing anything with graphic violence, the channel will also constantly banned.
"This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy on violent or graphic content." 
"This account has been terminated because it is linked to an account that has multiple violations of YouTube's policy on violent or graphic content." 
===Counterfeit===
"This account has been terminated due to a counterfeit claim by a third party."
If a channel infringes someone else's counterfeit, the counterfeit owner may send a counterfeit complaint which results the infringer to be banned.
=== Account closure ===
"This channel does not exist." "This channel is no longer available in your country." "This channel is private." or "This channel is not available."
If a channel closes their account via the settings, or hides their account or the channel is not available in your country.
==How do I report a video?==
If a user wants to report a video that they believe violates YouTube's Community Guidelines, they must do the following in order to report it on YouTube:
#Sign in to their account in order to report the video.
#Search for the abusive video.
#Select the video if they want to report (click the three-dot for more options), or try watching the video under a point of duration.
#Select the report reason.
#Write the full reason if the user has selected one. They must make sure to include as much detail as possible.
#Click the "report" button and it will send your report to the YouTube team.
YouTube reviews content 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to determine whether or not content violates their Community Guidelines. If the video violates YouTube's Community Guidelines, it will be removed and the uploader will either get a Community Guidelines strike, or if the violation is egregious, have their whole channel removed from YouTube without prior notice. If a video doesn't violate a policy, no action will be taken, and no amount of reporting will change the outcome. If a video doesn't violate a policy but may be inappropriate for some viewers, it'll be placed behind an age restriction.
Users can send copyright takedowns on content that allegedly violates their copyright through YouTube's webform, but false takedowns can result in their channel being banned and face possible legal consequences.
==Gallery==
Default blue YouTube icon.jpg|A terminated channel icon
Terminated 2012-2013.webp|An older terminated channel icon
Terminated Icon.png|Another terminated channel icon
User material posted.PNG|Channel banned for copyright infringement
Other terms of service violations.PNG|Channel banned for spam, deceptive practices and Scams
Hate speech policy.PNG|Channel banned for hate speech
Google terms of service.PNG|Channel banned for violating Google's terms of service
Community guidelines termination.PNG|Channel banned or suspended for violating YouTube's community guidelines
Nudity or Sexual content Terminations.png|Channel banned for Nudity or sexual content
Impersonation termination (Used inspect).png|Channel banned for impersonation
Youtube-terminated-legal-complaint.png|Channel banned due to a legal complaint.
Terminated - TOS.png|Channel banned or suspended for violating YouTube's terms of service
Terminated - Violent or Graphic Content.png|Channel banned for violent or graphic content
Terminated - Abusive Comments.png|Channel banned or suspended for abusive comments
Terminated - Linked Channel 1.png|Channel banned because it's linked to another channel that was banned or suspended for copyright infringement
Terminated - Linked Channel 2.png|Channel banned for being linked to another channel that violated YouTube's terms of service
DyqXXjQXcAAOydC.jpg|Channel banned or suspended for a trademark claim
Screenshot 20210702-192809~2.png|Channel banned for harassment and bullying
Counterfeit.png|Channel banned or suspended for a counterfeit claim
ChannelDoesNotExist.png|Channel closed by the owner or is not available in your country
Your channel is being created.png|Channel in the process of being created.
Spamterm espanol.png|A YouTube termination in Spanish. This is a termination for spam, deceptive practices and scams.
This Channel Was Removed 2024.jpeg| Channel terminated for violating Community Guidelines. This ban message has replaced all the other Community Guidelines termination ban messages.
YouTube Suspension error 1.png|Google accounts help page, when the suspended account holder attempts to sign in to YouTube.
File:GJMUgUyXIAAEzmZ.png|YouTube Studio's removed channel message, when the suspended account holder attempts to access YouTube Studio.
File:Screenshot 2024-05-15 at 17.17.47.png|An email that a YouTube channel has received saying that it has been terminated
YouTube permanent disabled error.jpg|Error popup, when the YouTube account holder attempts to sign in.
Channel suspended because of google plus.png|An error message saying that a channel has been disabled because their Google+ profile was suspended.
Cant access youtube because the user closed their youtube account.png|This error occurs when someone deletes their channel but their channel haven't been fully deleted yet but they're still logged in.
File:December 2011 termination channel.jpg|An older version of the banned channel (December 2011).
File:20230915 175859.png|The newer version of the banned channel (Present).
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