A YouTuber by the name of Shirrako recently took to Twitter to vent his frustration over being banned from the site for his Red Dead Redemption 2 uploads.
Shirrako was reportedly contacted by YouTube in relation to a video he’d entitled “Red Dead Redemption 2 – Beating Up Annoying Feminist.”
Annoyed by the move, he tweeted various YouTubers asking for their help and the likes of Boogie, PewDiePie and KEEMSTAR all jumped on-board to slam YouTube for banning the channel.
YouTube closed by channel because I killed a female NPC in #RDR2
They said It promoted violence.You spend the entire games murdering men and no one cares, punch a woman and you get banned, are you out of your mind @YouTube @TeamYouTube @YTCreators @YongYea @JimSterling
— Shirrako (@ShirrakoGaming) November 7, 2018
Hopefully one of you guys help out, need more eyes on this..@Boogie2988 @h3h3productions @KEEMSTAR
— Shirrako (@ShirrakoGaming) November 7, 2018
The channel is back.https://t.co/r6JLeiGBbH
Thanks to @KEEMSTAR @Fwiz @Boogie2988 @ColossalisCrazy @ChampChong @Veeh_Ro @TheQuartering and everyone else who showed support, love you all! pic.twitter.com/6QMP6Ajxux— Shirrako (@ShirrakoGaming) November 7, 2018
As the tweets started to grow in popularity, YouTube stepped in to reinstate the account following a review. The reinstatement included an age restriction the content.
Ryan Watt, staff at YouTube, tweeted the following statement: “This was flagged this AM to me. The videos were re-reviewed, and we determined they should be age restricted, as they were not Community Guideline violations. The channel will be reinstated. All 8,000 videos will be rolled back to his channel.”
Keem, thanks for your input. This was flagged this AM to me. The videos were re-reviewed, and we determined they should be age restricted, as they were not Community Guideline violations. The channel will be reinstated. All 8,000 videos will be rolled back to his channel.
— Ryan Wyatt (@Fwiz) November 7, 2018
You know the internet is going to kill this NPC in practically every single possible way, because of this. https://t.co/Mrx7zEj9sm
— ƿ૯ωძɿ૯ƿɿ૯ (@pewdiepie) November 7, 2018
So YouTube sent me an update saying the videos have now been placed as age-restricted, which is fine.
But why is the channel still not up? pic.twitter.com/zCqnxFzJlK— Shirrako (@ShirrakoGaming) November 7, 2018
Since his channel has been back online, he’s gone on to upload a couple more RDR2 videos, including one titled “Red Dead Redemption 2: Beating Up Chinese Man,” and “Deporting A Mexican.”
YouTube’s reaction to the divisive videos continues the debate about censorship in videos on the site, especially when it comes to feminism, sexism, racism and prejudice.