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YouTube apologizes for falsely banning channels for spam, canceling subscriptions
A misfire of YouTube's systems led to the accidental banning of YouTube channels impacting numerous creators who were informed their channels were removed
While the issue impacting creators is of greater concern, because channel removals affect their livelihood, some YouTube Premium subscribers said they also lost access even though they don’t post videos or haven’t in years. A false takedown over spam means people were losing access to not only their channels, which they may not have even utilized, but also their paid subscriptions. YouTube says it’s working on restoring access to subscriptions as well as the removed channels, adding “We are very sorry for this error on our part and we’ll follow up here when it’s done.”
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