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YouTube YouTube video posted by Iguana Man entitled “Pennsylvania man clears out a Whole Backyard of Iguanas, can’t stop the pop.”

I subscribe and enjoy many hunting videos including Iguana removal videos but the one I just watched was despicable. Iguana Man's fellow hunters behaved poorly by laughing when they killed an Iguana, shooting them in the head when they were clearly already dead, encouraging their partners to wound the Iguanas so they could see them flinch. All in all, gratuitous violence that you would expect from a bunch of teenage sociopaths. They exhibited no sportsmanship at all. I've hunted for 50 years and would never tolerate anyone in my hunting camp with such little regard for the animals they hunt. Yes Iguanas and wild Pigs are invasive, cause enormous damage and need to be killed but not by a group of seemingly callus, disrespectful and disgusting people. I know YouTube doesn't allow this kind of behavior once it's brought to your attention. Thank you

Desired outcome: YouTube knows how to handle inappropriate content. If it were up to me and this was their first offense I would demonetize this video and suspend Iguana Man for 1 week.

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YouTube Restricting my account / gumshoe news

MY CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_1g81NvQRhH8lMolngy6aA

It is with disbelief that I have to write -- as you have restricted my account.
I posted up a video that showed politicians discussing the vaccine roll out. The other side compared to cardS held in disagreement.

In no way was the video taking a stance. In no way was the video broadcasting an opinion.

I am in disbelief you would remove this video. It advocates ... Nothing.

I look forward to the day when videos of sunrises are violating community standards.

What is wrong with you. You happy to show this of massacre -- bodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsh0kEmdoNY&ab_channel=AhlulbaytTV
But not my INNOCENT video.
Seriously.

I would like to you to review your decision.

Desired outcome: ALLOW ME TO UPLOAD...

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4:25 pm EDT
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YouTube RC Sparks

I have been a subscriber for the last few years enjoying the RC videos produced on this channel until now.

Since RC Sparks returned to you tube after a short break i am finding the ranting about non RC related talk by RC Sparks very disturbing.

Talk of suicide and haters as well as the continuous swearing, bad language is ruining the enjoyment of this channel.
RC Sparks clearly has a problem.

Ill stay subscribed for a few more videos just incase RC Sparks cleans up banter.

I'm sure I'm not the only subscriber who is finding RC Sparks very disturbing recently .

Desired outcome: Ill leave this to You Tube to decide

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YouTube The Tesler App advertisement

I provided my email address and phone number in response to this advertisment.Since that dat I have been bombarded by continual phone calls at all hours of the night...why are you accepting money to advertsie for unethical and illegal advertisers ?

Can you please tell them to stop calling and threatening me.

Their actions and phone calls are aganist the law as it constitues threatening behaviour

Desired outcome: TELL THEM TO STOP CALLING ME

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11:46 am EDT
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YouTube channel deletion without reason

I came to my Youtube channel one morning approximately a week ago and found that my channel had been totally blocked, with no reason given.

I cannot access any videos in my channel

My youtube channel increase channel at [protected]@gmail.com was suddenly deleted with no reason given, KI sent several appeals and have heard nothing regarding this sudden deletion.

Desired outcome: Re instate my increase channel immediately

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2:36 am EDT
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YouTube Live Chat

I was banned from live chat regarding live hurricane updates simply because I asked two questions before even typing anything else:

"Why are there moderators now?"
"Is this part of a woke agenda?"

The moderators made no attempt to answer my question but instead just banned me from all live chatrooms on all accounts. I was dumbfounded. I immediately contacted a civil rights attorney explaining what happened. I await a response.

My complaint is that if we ask questions of moderators, shouldn't they have a way to answer us and move on? The answers are surely on lots of people's minds.

Desired outcome: Reinstatement of my chat privileges.

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12:09 am EDT

YouTube Why was Natural Kaos terminated?

YouTube terminated Natural Kaos, why?
As paying customers, we have a right to know.

I have a itching feeling she is being discriminated over her political believes.

Desired outcome: Reinstatement

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7:32 am EDT

YouTube Dr. Lee Merritt

You have numerous videos posted by DR. LEE MERRITT.

She is not qualified to circulate this misinformation and it's FALSE INFORMATION and conspiracy theories that others are circulating.

This addresses her FALSE INFORMATION:
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/back-away-americas-frontline-doctors?fbclid=IwAR0dL3i9J8lhUu3ehUxY8CGxAIKp3s0m-64JMrZR2cUv4vYftbb3loxhZic

Desired outcome: REMOVE HER VIDEOS

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6:13 pm EDT

YouTube YouTube Account

I pay for YouTube premium family plan and had been uploading videos of my guitar playing.

YouTube sent one email saying they had deleted my channel and I have lost access to my account.

I can no longer use the service I am paying for either.

I tried to bring it to YouTubes attention and I was only given a generic email to say to follow the community guidelines to see what their guidelines are and don't reply to their email.

The guidelines make no sense as the only uploads I had were my own recordings.

YouTube now are expecting payment for my family plan and wont allow me back in my account.

Since I cant get into my YouTube account I also cannot cancel my membership with them.

The original email advised that I had repeatedly broke guidelines, which is impossible because the first I knew was when they deleted my account.

If I had broken guidelines and they had told me that I had broken them I would have rectified the issue but they didn't bother telling me and deleted my account

After all this they still refuse to give me an explanation about what guidelines I have broken and expect me to just know.

As I have said the the only thing on my channel was my own guitar recordings and I don't see this as a breaking their guidelines since it is something a lot of people do on YouTube.

Just feels like YouTube have singled me out and now want to receive funds for my account but don't want to allow me access it.

Desired outcome: My Account restored and an apology from them and some kind of explanation at the very least, some kind of good will gesture for all the stress I've had to endure trying to sort it out.

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BeeTheGood
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Aug 28, 2021 10:23 pm EDT
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Contact your bank with the evidence.

You might want to take down the images. Someone could misuse the info showing in them. This is not YouTube support. It's just a publicly accessible complaints site.

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9:23 pm EDT

YouTube YouTube's Livestreaming Service

This year, I spoke out on YouTube against Michael Thompson for targeted harrasment on the platform. Then he targeted me and defamed me so thoroughly and badly, I was blindsided.

I understand that I put myself out there. Still, Michael Thompson uses vulnerability and cultivates a group of people to believe the worst about me. He spends hours editing and clipping my videos with the aim of destroying my reputation.

I have reported the channel and Michael to YouTube several times with no response. All of the people in the comments attached are followers of Mr. Thompson.

Desired outcome: I want YouTube to acknowledge that harrassment and that it is an issue, and resolve to helping mitigate any future damage to me as an individual.

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Kristen Coates
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Aug 26, 2021 10:45 pm EDT

I agree with Todd Michael Schultz's finding that this channel and Michael Thompson have directed targeted harassment at him while on the YouTube platform. It is terrible to allow a YouTube user to download content without the permission of the original content creator. Todd Michael Schultz's video content was then used to further harass him in episodes that were cruel and intended to harm Todd personally and also his reputation.

I've viewed chats during Todd's live streams that were harassing him and when he blocked users, the user would later return under another fake account. By allowing anonymous accounts YouTube is creating an environment were abusive people can troll with few consequences.

I urge YouTube to follow up on Todd's complaint immediately.

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7:05 am EDT

YouTube Search Results

Search results do the very opposite. They force-feed the end user with monetized videos and recommendations instead of the actual item you've searched for. Comparable to asking an employee about a specific item only for them to pull a sales pitch. It feels anticompetitive to small creators and a false promise for not following through with it's single purpose.

Desired outcome: Get our old search back, the one from two months ago.

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6:51 pm EDT

YouTube censorship

Most of my comments are being deleted. Youtube censorship targets conservatives.

Desired outcome: Transparancy and free speech

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9:46 am EDT

YouTube non service

Billing without using the service .they said try it free and i never received any
service . And i still was charge 64.99 wow talk about a ripoff. a big company shouldnt take advantage of people. thanks for nothing,

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11:38 pm EDT

YouTube iufosightings

The above channel is a disinformation channel that posts fake UFO clips rendered on free 3d software and superimposed over a video back ground. The operators of this channel attempt to deliberately deceive an ignorant public in an attempt to make a few dollars. There is thousands of clips on this channel and not one is real, he labels them as proof positive or as documentaries which they are not. He encourages comments but only allows the positive believer comments to be viewed. Any logical facts that disprove his footage to be fake are removed. Why have a comments section if all comments are not displayed? If someone can't handle the truth or critics maybe they should not have a streaming channel at all. My biggest complaint is how you demonetize official news channels for reporting the facts, but allow channels such as this obvious fake channel to operate unhindered and continue to produce dross for years, all the while grooming the comments to give a fake following positive feedback.

Desired outcome: channel to be removed for deliberately spreading disinformation

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11:57 am EDT

YouTube No way to take down racist usernames

No way to report racist channels. They are thriving. YouTube takes no responsibility

Desired outcome: Atleast a better way or acknowledgment

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12:00 pm EDT

YouTube Censored video without a reason

My educational video (a video recorded of one of my university lectures on Virology) has been censored. Specifically, you tube has stated "The following content has been identified by the YouTube community as inappropriate or offensive to some audiences". This material is a lecture on the history of virology, and it was delivered at my university. There is nothing inappropriate or offensive in the content. This level of censorship is meaningless and outrageous. The aforementioned video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSo_Jm-Vjw

Desired outcome: The removal of their notice

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8:48 am EDT
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YouTube Duplication of content

The content on my site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkSQ-jC3keY2hRkyLJwEyJA is my own original content. I have demonetized for "duplicate content". Again, this is my own original content. I was there when we taped the shows, I was part of the editing process and part of the production process. If this is duplicate content, I'd like to know who is duplicating it. It's not even controversial, it's quilting and sewing how-to's.

Desired outcome: Monetization

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8:19 pm EDT

YouTube Videos about APPLE product rumours

Too many videos about rumoured APPLE products, contents aren't factual & are misleading, a whole new industry has evolved, most of the predictions never come true, viewers are being mislead, sponsors defrauded, & a lot of skullduggery is going on, subscriber numbers, likes & views, & comments are all being routinely falsified. Complain to YouTube about a channel & they do nothing about it.

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9:27 pm EDT
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YouTube Youtube

I am being thrown out of videos after commercials, at the beginning of videos, etc. It takes me right back to my ROKU home page, and I have to select YouTube again, wait forever it to load again, wait to find what I was watching, and often it will start again at the beginning when I was halfway through the program! Aarrgghh!
Your complaint page is not reading my complaint.
If I cannot watch a complete video, I guess I will have to stop watching YouTube.

Desired outcome: Staying on my selection.

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YouTube Fake call from youtube

Somebody called on my number and said that my number has been complained on behalf of YouTube. A video has been uploaded with my number in which nude video has been inserted and he has given a number to me.Call customer care on this number and tell me to delete this video. He will give you a reference ID. He is asking to pay.
No is that [protected]

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