YouTube erroneously purged cryptocurrency education videos from its video-sharing platform in the week but claims to possess reinstated them, consistent with a spokesperson. Content creators, however, are telling a different story. Responding to allegations it had intentionally deleted content from cryptocurrency education channels ChrisDunnTV, Crypto Tips, BTC Sessions et al. in what apparently amounted to many missing videos, the spokesperson said YouTube made “the wrong call.” “With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the incorrect call. When it's delivered to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it. We also offer uploaders the power to appeal removals and that we will re-review the content,” the spokesperson said. YouTube has issued near-identical statements after previous inadvertent video purges. The spokesperson further stated YouTube has not changed any policies related to cryptocurrency videos. In spite of this, some YouTubers claim their deleted videos remain inaccessible. Chris Dunn, who runs an investment education channel with 200,000 subscribers and a multi-year video library, says the purge has actually gotten worse since he successfully appealed his deletions. “Today, YouTube not only took down the videos that they reinstated yesterday, but they took down at least one other video that they’d never taken down before,” Dunn said. At press time variety of videos are still missing from Dunn’s channel et al. that CoinDesk directly asked YouTube about, like Crypto Tips. YouTube has not yet responded to follow-up questions. The conflicting statements are bound to increase the furious speculation over why YouTube deleted the videos within the first place. Multiple theories abound. Dunn said he has no idea why it occurred – not all of his deleted videos had to do with crypto – but said it could be the work of someone “maliciously reporting” him and others or, perhaps, faulty video-flagging AI.
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