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Re: Did YouTube remove bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies channels from the site?.
by
th3nolo
on 10/01/2020, 05:34:01 UTC
On December 23, 2019, Google’s YouTube.com began removing bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies related content from the video-sharing platform in what’s being called a “crypto-purge,” leaving content creators in the bitcoin and cryptocurrency vertical unjustly attacked by the web-search conglomerate. According to Forbes, at least 35 crypto-focused YouTube channels were affected by the purge, including ChrisDunnTV, Nugget News, Crypto Tips, and BTC Sessions. More prominent publishers such as CoinTelegraph and CNBC, appear to have been spared. I have found this info here https://techandmedialaw.com/youtube-content-creators-in-bitcoin-genre-red-flagged-was-it-an-error/  but I need more clarification, what actually happened by Youtube?.

The Youtube algorithm is making a lot of mistakes lately, taking down videos from the Notre Dame fire to whole channels, which is not only happening in the crypto ecosystem but it is spreading out beyond.

Below I will highlight the most relevant cases.

Youtube taking down right-wing channels by mistake.
https://hipertextual.com/2018/03/youtube-eliminando-canales-derechas-error

YouTube removes hundreds of robot fighting videos by considering them as animal cruelty
https://larepublica.pe/tecnologia/2019/08/20/youtube-elimina-cientos-de-videos-de-peleas-de-robots-por-considerarlos-como-crueldad-animal-aplicaciones-google/

Youtube removes pro-guns and conspiracy videos
https://www.fayerwayer.com/2018/03/youtube-videos-pro-armas-conspirativo/

YouTube deletes channels of Pokémon GO after confusing them with child pornography
https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/1350719087/youtube-borra-canales-de-pokemon-go-tras-confundirlos-con-pornografia-infantil/

The problem with these "mistakes" is that they gradually control the way we see the world.