YouTube Reinstates Bitcoin Bull Anthony Pompliano's Channel After Deletion

Anthony 'Pomp' Pompliano's channel, which has 251,000 subscribers, has been removed from video-sharing platform YouTube and has since been reinstated. Anthony Pompliano is the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and host of The Pomp podcast.

Bitcoin bull Pompliano, known for his interviews with skeptics and others on crypto education, said in an update on his Twitter account on Oct. 11 that he had received a message from YouTube saying its A recent live-streamed interview with PlanB, the creator of the S2F model, encouraged “illegal activity.” Pompliano’s entire channel was inaccessible, and it took about two hours before it was restored to the platform, and the public could watch all the videos about BTC and cryptocurrencies.

Pomp said: “YouTube first said that the interview content about Bitcoin is harmful and dangerous. Then they said I would get a warning, but then I got a second email saying that the channel will be banned in seconds. delete."

According to Pomp, he received no "warnings" — a violation of YouTube's community guidelines; three warnings within 90 days can result in a channel being permanently deleted — and the video doesn't appear to contain any suspicious content. However, the platform's guidelines state that it reserves the right to remove channels that "have had one serious incident of abuse," or those of accounts that focus on content such as hate speech, harassment or impersonation.

YouTube has previously targeted crypto-related content on the platform, with its algorithm flagging videos about BTC and other cryptocurrencies as “harmful content” and letting censors assess the grounds for any appeals. In Pomp's case, he was able to get the attention of YouTube's support team on Twitter within minutes -- likely because he has a verified account and 1.1 million followers. However, other crypto content creators reported waiting days after their channels were similarly terminated.

The seemingly arbitrary deletion of the account of a major player in the crypto space underscores the dangers of relying on centralized platforms like YouTube. Last week, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were all offline for about six hours, which could affect community participation in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects.

Additionally, YouTube has been in the spotlight for trying to weed out videos related to misinformation about health surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. In August, the platform said it had removed more than 1 million videos "related to dangerous coronavirus information" since February 2020.

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