YouTube Strikes

The *H3 Podcast* has received multiple **strikes** by YouTube. In the Google community guidelines it states, "3 strikes in the same 90-day period results in your channel being permanently removed from YouTube. Each strike will not expire until 90 days from the time it was issued."

## KeemStar - After Dark #46

When Keemstar (then 39 years old) announced that he was dating a 20 year old Ethan called out the age gap. During the August 6, 2021, H3 After Dark #46 episode, the crew did a skit. Keemstar complained and the episode was pulled as well as a clip of the incident that was uploaded on H3 highlights channel. The H3 Podcast also received a strike.

H3 responded in a Tweet:

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A version of the episode can still be listened to on Spotify: After Dark #46

## Bomb threat - After Dark #74

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, where the 18-year-old shooter, a former student at the school, fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, while seventeen others were injured but survived. While filming the H3 After Dark #74 on Friday, May 27, 2022, Ethan joked that people should bomb the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention. He then paused for a split second and said, "okay don't I'll roll that back roll that back immediately everything but violence." The NRA convention was being held 300 miles from Uvalde and just days after the shooting.

In answer to the ban Ethan tweeted out this response:

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> Conservatives got triggered over jokes I told & mass reported me. I got banned for a week and the episode was removed. If only they cared about dead kids as much as they do jokes… So I wanna say sorry. Sorry y’all are such pathetic snowflakes. Fuck the NRA & fuck Abbott.
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He also confirmed that he was receiving an above average number of death threats.
A version of the episode can still be listened to on Spotify: After Dark #74

## Shapiro Strike - H3TV #54

While filming the October 17, 2022, episode of H3TV #54 Ethan Klein said "I was just gonna say if there's another Holocaust and people start rounding up the Jews ... I just say if they start rounding up the Jews again I hope [ Ben Shapiro ] gets gassed first." He was then massed reported to YouTube and his channel received a strike and a week ban. Ethan said the statement about Shapiro because he works for The Daily Wire who also employs political commentator Candace Owens, who taught Kanye West his antisemitic rhetoric.

Ethan replied in a tweet:

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A version of the episode can still be listened to on Spotify: H3TV #54.

On Jan 18, 2023, episode of Off The Rails #57, Ethan said the strike expired.

## References

1. ↑ Google Staff (2023). Community Guidelines strike basics on YouTube. Retrieved on April 9, 2023.
2. ↑ Klein, Ethan (Host), Klein, Hila (Host), H3 podcast, (), After Dark #46, (Producer: Daniel Swerdlove)
3. ↑ Asarch, Steven (August 12, 2021). After Ethan Klein said Keemstar was dating a child, YouTube removed an episode of his H3 Podcast citing its harassment policy. Business Insider. Retrieved on April 10, 2023.
4. ↑ The H3 Podcast @theh3podcast (6:31 PM · Aug 11, 2021). Keemstar Tweet. Twitter. Retrieved on April 10, 2023.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nambiar, Prerna (May 30, 2022). Ethan Klein Breaks His Silence on being banned from YouTube. HITC. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved on April 9, 2023.
6. ↑ Klein, Ethan (May 29, 2022). Snow Flake Tweet. Twitter. Retrieved on April 9, 2023.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Starr, Michael (October 21, 2022). After 'Ben Shapiro gets gassed first' joke, prominent YouTuber's account suspended. The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved on April 9, 2023.
8. ↑ Klein, Ethan (Oct 20, 2022). Ben Shapiro Tweet. Twitter. Retrieved on April 9, 2023.
9. ↑ Klein, Ethan (Host), H3 podcast, (Jan 18, 2023), Logan Paul Ain’t Coming Back From This - Off The Rails #57, (Producer: Daniel Swerdlove)