YouTube Cuts Off Another Crypto-Related Livestream: Report

YouTube cuts off another crypto-related livestream by Youtuber Sunny Decree with the platform claiming that the video violated its “harmful and dangerous policy” so let’s learn more about it in the latest cryptocurrency news.

Crypto YouTuber Sunny Decree hot his crypto-related Livestream cut off by YouTube recently for allegedly violating the policies of the platform. According to a tweet from Decree, the video-sharing platform halted his most recent Livestream on his English-speaking channel based in Switzerland. The content-creator records in German as well and Youtube warned him of a second offense which will result in a one-week suspension of services for live streaming, posting, and uploading.

Decree’s channel was targeted by YouTube once before. Now, YouTube cuts off another channel after aggressively deleting videos back in 2019 with crypto-related content. High-profile channels including the one of Decree, with more than 123,000 subscribers, had videos removed without any explanation. YouTube later called the move an error and restored most of the videos.

Going live to talk about #Bitcoin and #Altcoins soon.https://t.co/z30A3bdXw6

— sunnydecree (@sunnydecree) September 5, 2020

However, YouTube has gone on targeting a number of crypto-related channels in a response to the fake crypto giveaway scam videos that are usually posted. The platform even shut down the official channel of the crypto-news focused website Bitcoin.com which is a violation of YouTube’s Terms of Service. After an appeal, the channel and about 40,000 subscribers were restored in two days’ time. Many other channels had similar experiences regarding the strange attitude towards cryptocurrency as the platform suddenly pulled the plug on livestreams regarding Bitcoin halving livesteams and coverages of the Twitter hack.

Also as recently reported, The Youtube Crypto Channel Altcoin Daily run by the brothers Austin and Aaron Arnold got a ban from the video streaming platform after more than two days offline

YouTube argues that it cannot be liable for what other users are placing up as content on the platform and therefore wants the lawsuit that was filed against it by multiple companies including Ripple to be dismissed. YouTube argues that the claims made by ripple are barred under the 230 Section of the Communications Decency Act which “protects websites against the evil of liability for a failure to remove offensive content” therefore providing the platform with the much-needed immunity. This means that YouTube is not a publisher of third-party content and they are not liable for it so they cannot be sued.