Title: YouTube permanently bans controversial creator LeafyIsHere - The Verge
Headings: YouTube permanently bans controversial creator LeafyIsHere
YouTube permanently bans controversial creator LeafyIsHere
Move comes as YouTube cracks down on creator-on-creator harassment
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Content: YouTube’s community guidelines state that three content strikes will lead to a channel’s termination. YouTube did not comment on which videos led to Vail’s ban. Notably, Vail’s ban arrived after he started an ongoing video series about Anys, in which he lobbed personal insults at her and her fans, leading to criticism from several high-profile Twitch streamers and YouTube creators. Videos that contain prolonged insults and may encourage viewers to disrupt another person’s stream violate the company’s guidelines. Vail’s ban didn’t come as a shock to many in the community, but his channel termination is a stark reminder of how different YouTube is in 2020 compared to the early 2010s. YouTube’s new creator-on-creator harassment policy was specifically drafted to address videos from personalities who use their platform to attack others, which had previously been more common on the platform. “Where do they cross the line? When it’s no longer just ideas, but they’re criticizing them as a person”
“The policy has to be written in such a way that creators can comment on each other and criticize each other,” CEO Susan Wojcicki said in a 2019 interview while talking about the new policy. “ The question is ... where do you draw the line? Where do they cross the line?