David Craig, on August 19th, 2025Tuesday-Wednesday blog
Last week, I tried to upload the fourth in a short series of political parody videos I had made. But I was prevented as I have been banned by YouTube and all my videos, even those which had been up for 7 or 8 years, were removed from YouTube. Here’s a link to an article I wrote for The Conservative Woman about my YouTube ban:
Not only have my videos been removed, but I’m also no longer allowed to subscribe to other YouTube channels nor am I allowed to comment on other people’s YouTube videos.
Helpfully, YouTube allows you one opportunity to appeal against their ban. But as they don’t tell you why you have been banned and your channel removed, it’s a rather Kafkaesque situation – you’ve been punished and are allowed to appeal against that punishment, but you’re never told the reason for that punishment.
I thought of three reasons why my YouTube channel has been nuked. For example:
- YouTube’s algorithm might have thought that the music I used in my videos was a breach of copyright. But I could deal with that as I had bought the rights to the music from a Karaoke website
- I have been a bit naughty as I have posted links to my Rachel Reeves video in the comments section of some economics videos I had watched. YouTube doesn’t like people repeatedly posting similar comments
- Someone important has demanded my videos be removed as my videos mocked Starmer and his useless government
One aspect of my YouTube banning made me feel that my punishment beating from YouTube was due to someone in high places being miffed by my videos. I Googled whether YouTube usually gives people a warning before banning them and got this answer from Google:
Yes, YouTube typically does provide a warning before issuing a strike or banning a channel for violating Community Guidelines. The first time a creator violates a guideline, they usually receive a warning, which doesn’t result in a strike against their channel. However, if the creator violates the same guideline again within 90 days, the warning may not expire, and the channel could receive a strike. Severe violations can lead to immediate channel termination without warning.
The fact that I was exterminated by YouTube without any warning and without any explanation suggests to me that I have upset someone important. After all, YouTube could hardly admit that they had banned me because someone in government had demanded YouTube censor my channel.
By the way, I did appeal my YouTube ban and my appeal was rejected in order “to keep the YouTube community safe”.
Welcome to Starmer’s ‘free speech’ Britain.
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That’s awful. We get more like Nazi Germany or the USSR every day.
I rarely watch YouTube. Some video discussions can go on for hours. With written information it is possible to scan though it but this is impossible with videos.
That’s shocking. It’s deeply sinister how people can be shutdown with no explanation or recourse. Reminds me of Farage being debanked. Although I suspect you’ve fallen foul of online safety which is a total joke anyway. – they keep trying to claim it’s to protect children from online pornography but is far more likely to be used for political purposes.how exactly is a parody of our political leaders making the YouTube community unsafe?? Or is it actually because of your climate change videos? You are a climate change denier and we can’t have that can we!?
I am getting so fed up with YT. I remember it before Google purchased it, no adverts, design your own page, then Google bought it, made all pages the same bland self and introduced adverts and now its multiple adverts. But sadly its still the main go to, Rumble is far superior and will not budge to the globalists.