Title: Leafy Banned from YouTube After Controversial Pokimane Videos
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Leafy Banned from YouTube After Controversial Pokimane Videos
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Leafy Banned from YouTube After Controversial Pokimane Videos
YouTube bans LeafyIsHere from its site after a series of controversial videos that he made about fellow content creator Pokimane. By Dalton Cooper Published Aug 22, 2020
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YouTube has suddenly banned Calvin Lee Vail, better known as LeafyIsHere or simply Leafy, from its site. Leafy's YouTube channel ban comes not long after the controversial creator uploaded a series of videos about popular Twitch streamer and fellow content creator Pokimane, though it's not entirely clear if those videos are the reason for the ban. According to esports insider Rod Breslau, Leafy was banned from YouTube because his channel had "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully, or threaten." In the early morning hours of August 22, Leafy publicly reached out to YouTube on Twitter to see if there was anything that he could do to get his channel reinstated or if the company would release a statement on the matter. Pokimane has also tweeted about Leafy's ban, stating that she had nothing to do with it. RELATED: Mr Beast Gives Away $20,000 in Special Fall Guys Challenge
Leafy was known for making controversial "drama" videos, with his commentaries often playing over gameplay footage of various shooter games. This style was copied by many other content creators, making Leafy an influential figure in the YouTube community, with his channel amassing over 4 million subscribers before it was banned from the site. However, some of Leafy's videos targeted or mocked specific individuals, sometimes leading to death threats against those people along with other kinds of harassment.