2020 February - Ex-Moderator and Social Media Manager for “Have a Seat with Chris Hansen” files a multitude of copyright strikes against channels critical of his actions despite not owning any copyright or even working for the show anymore.
https://youtu.be/JX8SAXe48Mk

https://redd.it/eyz1jl
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2020 February: CBS Gets Angry Joe's YouTube Review Of 'Picard' Taken Down For Using 26 Seconds Of The Show's Trailer
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200128/10284943817/cbs-gets-angry-joes-youtube-review-picard-taken-down-using-26-seconds-shows-trailer.shtml

https://redd.it/ez0195
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2020 February - YouTube demonetizes Vintage Crime and Horror Stories videos on YouTuber Obsolete Oddities channel.
https://youtu.be/2Mq7RnDPaA0

https://redd.it/ezfdwt
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2020 January - ReviewTechUSA calls out "Immortal" John Hancock for filing strikes to get videos criticizing him removed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-KTrmGdbK4

https://redd.it/ezh09g
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2020 February - LEGO stopmotion channel with almost 400K subscribers, BrickBrosProductions, has been hacked and taken over by Russian Bitcoin scammers.
https://twitter.com/ProsBrick/status/1224839078312583168

https://redd.it/eztnxi
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2020 February - Fortnite YouTuber LG Razz actually gets stolen channel back
https://twitter.com/razzjoey/status/1226445340431306755?s=21

https://redd.it/f1g71t
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2020 February - Educational channel Mathologer privates all videos due to a falling out between the two creators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7yn0-Gf66k

https://redd.it/f29nbi
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2020 February - Strength and fitness YouTubers Juji and Tom get a power lifting meet video demonetized because of "nudity", there is none.
https://redd.it/f2o1co
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2020 February Technology Connections entire channel demonetized due to "reused content".

In case you are lost or living below a rock, this dude makes amazing original content on retro tech, films 99.9999999999% of every bit of video, noscripts, edits, etc.

https://twitter.com/TechConnectify/status/1227932868028043264?s=19

This is some bull.

https://redd.it/f39dgp
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2020 February - "Neebs Gaming" [1.9m subs] (and their animation channel, "Hank & Jed" [450k subs]) gets stolen by "Coinbase Pro" and "Ledger Wallet" BTC scammers.

* [https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/neebsgaming](https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/neebsgaming)
* [https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/hankandjed](https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/hankandjed)
* [https://twitter.com/NeebsOfficial](https://twitter.com/NeebsOfficial)
* Feb 15: "URGENT: It looks like our YouTube account has been hacked. PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN OUR VIDEOS. Hackers are known for attaching bogus links to hacked accounts. we will keep you posted once the situation has been resolved YouTube please help us with this"
* Feb 16: "Update: we have a contact that YouTube that just escalated the situation. The videos that are being shown now on Neebs Gaming and Hank and Jed, without a permission, are promoting a scam and malicious activity. Again, please don't click on any links until we know it's safe."
* Feb 17: "Update: We still don't have access to our channels but we know that YT is working on it. Obviously, it's not happening as fast as we want it to but hopefully we won't have to wait much longer. We can't thank you guys enough for your continued support. We'll keep you posted"
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/NeebsGaming/comments/f4c4wr/urgent\_neebs\_gaming\_youtube\_channel\_was\_hacked/](https://www.reddit.com/r/NeebsGaming/comments/f4c4wr/urgent_neebs_gaming_youtube_channel_was_hacked/)

To be honest, I don't even know who they were, I just saw *yet another* btc scam live stream show up in my subnoscriptions feed, and googled the channel name. I figured it out (through google images) that they used to make an animated cartoon called "Battlefield Friends", with this character: [https://imgur.com/pFoBiad](https://imgur.com/pFoBiad) \- I must have subscribed to that channel years ago and forgot about it. Did a little more digging and found their twitter and subreddit and those updates they posted.

https://redd.it/f5ifll
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2020 February - Solar Sands, an art commentary channel with 465k subscribers, gets a strike for using a stock image in his latest video.
https://redd.it/f6tbz9
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2020 February For those unaware of the Cryptocurrency Hack going around here's a news article about it detailing the issue.
https://www.newsweek.com/cryptocurrency-scam-target-youtube-phony-brand-deal-how-spot-fake-1488098

https://redd.it/f7ker2
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2020 February - ChilledCow, channel for the iconic Lofi HipHop Music Stream, gets terminated
https://twitter.com/ChilledCow/status/1231154392700727296?s=20

https://redd.it/f7t5ga
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2020 February - Meme channel 'Galactic Hole' has been hacked and is now posting political (right wing) videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPikWj7oT-4OUrPUj7oyJ2Q/videos

https://redd.it/f8fwnl
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2020 February KeV3nSGaMing had been hacked for 82 days with no response from YouTube
https://twitter.com/DrGroveYT/status/1233544894024765440

https://redd.it/fb5j66
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2020 February Cartoon reviewer MarsReviews channel had been hacked for 27 days with no response
https://twitter.com/MarsReviews/status/1223680994169049089

https://redd.it/fb5iq2
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2020 February 3/7 of PCP(BestestGuyEver) remains hacked. No further responses from YouTube
https://twitter.com/BestestGuyEver/status/1233496235824295936

https://redd.it/fb5ohz
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2020 March: Paul Joseph Watson's "CREEPY UNCLE JOE" video with 2.6m views has disappeared
https://redd.it/fhiwht
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2020 March - What ever happened to Læffy?

Way back in 2011, this video came out:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp1yclQXd1Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp1yclQXd1Q)

Clearly it went viral within a few years, and even now, I still think this was a necessary addition to the YouTube community.

I haven't heard anything about this guy, nor has the OP said anything about him (as far as I know), does anyone know what happened to this guy, and where he is now, unless there isn't anything out there about him?

https://redd.it/fhsxvg
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2020 March - Children's Recitals EXPLOITED by Music Publishers Aided by False Youtube CONTENTID Matches
https://youtu.be/CEQQ6zkuc2U

https://redd.it/fiypll
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2020 March - YouTube warns of increased video removals during Covid-19 crisis

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/youtube-warns-of-increased-video-removals-during-covid-19-crisis/

https://redd.it/fk7um6
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