YouTube Deleted My Channel—Erasing 8 Years of Work and 63,000 Subscribers

I woke up on Sunday to an email from YouTube notifying me that they had deleted my channel for “severe or repeated violations” of the platform’s “hate speech policy.” I attempted to appeal, and it was rejected within minutes.

While YouTube did not point to any specific video(s) as the cause for my channel’s removal, this does come days after they deleted four of my videos for “hate speech,” where I quoted YouTube’s own policies, or interviewed guests who have either had their channel outright deleted by YouTube, or have been censored by the platform in some way.

I have had my YouTube for nearly a decade, and I have worked tirelessly to gain the 63,000 subscribers that were taken away in a moment. Yes, I knew I was on borrowed time with YouTube, but it is still a devastating loss nonetheless.

Thank you so much to all of you who have reached out with encouragement, shared my work across social media, and signed up as paid subscribers on my Substack and Patreon pages. Your support means the world!