YouTube calls cryptocurrency mass removal “mistake”

The internet giant claims that the removal of most cryptocurrency videos from the platform was due to a mistake.

Today, YouTube representatives said that the removal of hundreds of cryptocurrency videos happened by accident.An employee of the video hosting service added that no changes have been made to the site's policies regarding the crypto industry, and that all affected videos have been "restored" without "any penalty per channel."Many channel founders have confirmed on their social media platforms that access to their videos has been fully restored.

The cleaning began shortly before Christmas. The creators of cryptocontent claim that they did not receive clarification from YouTube about why their videos were deleted. Chris Dunn, creator of ChrisDunnTV, wrote that YouTube removed most of his video, citing “harmful or dangerous content” and the sale of unregulated goods. ”

Most of the deleted videos were either educational or news, and in no case did they advertise fraudulent content or sell prohibited items.

After YouTube began to remove cryptocurrency content, the head of the Binance exchange, Changpen Zhao, urged the crypto community to create their own media platform.