YouTubers report widespread channel terminations and strikes with no warning

More YouTubers are reporting widespread channel terminations and strikes just days after the platform’s AI moderation “wrongfully” terminated accounts.

On November 3, 2025, Tech YouTuber ‘Enderman’ revealed on X that YouTube had terminated several of their accounts with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

In the posts, the creator revealed that it “wrongfully concluded my channel was associated with a channel that was terminated for three copyright strikes.” After just 24 hours, however, Enderman’s account was reactivated by the platform.

On Friday, November 7, just two days later, more YouTubers have taken to social media to share that their accounts had received bans and strikes out of the blue.

YouTubers report bans & copyright strikes

YouTuber ThatStarWarsGirl shared on X that a video of Kathleen Kennedy’s face had been flagged for “sexual content,” and on November 7, she received a strike for that same clip.

“Last week you flagged me for ‘sexual content’ of a clip of Kathleen Kennedy’s face I’ve used for YEARS, and now you STRIKE ME!? Again, this is absolute BS! Please fix this now!” she said in the post.

She also stated that after receiving the initial warning, she filed an appeal that was almost instantly rejected. YouTube has since responded, but moved the conversation with ThatStarWarsGirl into DMs.

Another creator, Shaun Young, shared a screenshot from YouTube saying that his channel was unexpectedly removed for “severe or repeated violations” of the site’s spam, deceptive practices, and scams policy.

A third called out YouTube’s AI moderation system for not being able to explain why it terminated his channel.

“Never had a strike, never had a warning,” he said. “So I asked [for] support for the specific policy I allegedly violated…. then something I didn’t expect happened. They told me they’re ‘prohibited from sharing the exact reason’. In other words, even the AI and human reviewers don’t know why the termination happened.”