A misfire of YouTube's systems led to the accidental banning of YouTube channels affecting numerous creators who were informed their channels were removed

YouTube has acknowledged that the abrupt channel removal and account ban that started on October 3rd was a mistake and it's fixing that.

YouTube sees petabytes of daily video uploads and more traffic than any other video host in the world. It's impossible to moderate every second of content by hand. Its various policies and automated algorithms prevent spam and harmful practices on a broad scale,

YouTube faced a technical glitch on October 3, causing the erroneous removal of channels and user account bans due to alleged policy violations. YouTube is working to reinstate these channels and access to paid services,