Don’t Mention “K” Country: YouTube Channel Bitcoin Magazine Reinstated After Being Banned

Bitcoin Magazine's YouTube channel, which was reinstated about three hours after being shut down, attributed the short-lived ban to the flagging of the word "Kazakhstan" by YouTube's algorithm.

Bitcoin Magazine noted in a Jan. 12 Twitter thread that its YouTube account, which has 56,600 followers, was banned during the live broadcast without prior warning from the platform.

“Our YouTube channel with 60k followers was banned during the live stream with no warning. Deleted. When will the attack on #bitcoin content end?”

The live show focused on topics such as Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, bitcoin mining and the recent internet outage in Kazakhstan, which was said to have been initiated by the Kazakh government in response to a spike in fuel prices in the country. large-scale protests.

Bitcoin Magazine said it wasn't entirely sure what YouTube's reasoning was for banning its channel, but confirmed that its account was reinstated an hour after submitting the appeal, showing that YouTube has realized its mistake.

In the resumed live broadcast, host Alex Mcshane pointed out that the group did not say anything controversial when discussing the impact of Internet outages on BTC mining computing power, but used some "algorithmic and politically charged words." word", which may have triggered the automatic shutdown:

"I want to talk about what happened, I don't want to trigger another shutdown...we're talking about a politically charged country that starts with a 'K'."

Bitcoin Magazine also shared a post earlier today pointing to YouTube's initial response to the ban, with the Google-owned platform stating that "content that encourages illegal activity or incites users to violate YouTube's guidelines is not permitted."

"We may allow depictions of such events if they are educational or documentary and do not help others to follow suit," the response added.

Despite YouTube's content policies, current searches on YouTube still show multiple live shows using the identities and video content of popular figures like MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor to promote dubious sites and so-called "cryptocurrency giveaways" scams.

Either Michael Saylor does a lot of streaming, or some videos are questionable: YouTube

Commenting on the ban on Reddit's r/CryptoCurrency subreddit, user u/Setl1less highlighted its hypocrisy, stating that "Youtube has made a habit of banning accounts of well-known information," while allowing scams to operate freely.

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