Disney and Star Wars critic Drunk3PO reports that YouTube censored his popular channel that was approaching 100,000 subscribers.
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In a post to X, Drunk3PO wrote, “Hey Team YouTube can you look into this please. My channel was demonetized this morning.”
He shared a screenshot of an email from YouTube informing him, “Our team of policy specialists carefully looked over your channel, Drunk3PO. We found that a significant portion of your channel is not in line with our YouTube Partner Program (TPP) policies. As of today, your channel is not eligible to monetize, and you will not have access to monetization tools and features.”
Hey @TeamYouTube can you look into this please. My channel was demonetized this morning. https://t.co/id6R6chryj pic.twitter.com/S6YxitVWUC
— Jay D3PO (@Drunk3po) August 26, 2024
In a response to another questioning, “How?1” Drunk3PO shared, “Reused content.”
Reused content 🤷🏻♂️🤷♀️🤷🤔
— Jay D3PO (@Drunk3po) August 26, 2024
Team YouTube has responded instructing him to send a detailed video appeal, “Drunk3PO thanks for reaching out! have you checked the Earn section in Studio? you might be able to submit a more detailed video appeal directly to the review team here: goo.gle/4dAwGKc.”
Will do, thank you
— Jay D3PO (@Drunk3po) August 26, 2024
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It is unclear if The Walt Disney Company had anything to do with censoring Drunk3PO. However, former The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano implied on X back in October following the release of South Park: Joining the Panderverse that Kennedy did indeed work with YouTube to censor content creators.
She wrote, “This is the part where KK demands any YouTubers get censored off of YouTube for sharing and laughing at this hilarious episode, she’ll have YouTube disable the thumbs down option because of the ratio she’ll receive, then she’ll have her publicist ghouls make sure Variety and Hollywood Reporter run hit pieces about the South Park creators and their families smearing their names through every useful idiot she has under her thumb who would sell their soul to work for Lucas film.”
Carano continued, “She’ll activate her online mob to repeat that the South Park creators are racist, bigot, transphobes, and demand the South Park creators publicly apologize by only using words she approves of and finally she’ll demand they subject themselves to a re-education course of 45 people in the lbgtq community zoom call to sit there and listen of how badly they got their feelings hurt all over a little boop of a South Park episode. But maybe just maybe the jig is up.”
This is the part where KK demands any YouTubers get censored off of YouTube for sharing and laughing at this hilarious episode, she’ll have YouTube disable the thumbs down option because of the ratio she’ll receive, then she’ll have her publicist ghouls make sure Variety and… https://t.co/CMgASHQBgz
— Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) October 28, 2023
Interestingly, this censorship not only comes as Drunk3PO is closing in on 100,000 subscribers — he currently sits at over 98,100 — but it also comes just as he’s about to launch Achromatic Chronicles: Green, a sequel to Anachromatic Chronicles: Blue.
He posted on August 23rd, “At the airport heading to Toronto reading over “Green” again. It’s finished and should launch soon. The artwork was done by Erik Hodson. It looks amazing! Can’t wait for you to see it! You’re gonna love this story.”
At the airport heading to Toronto reading over “Green” again. It’s finished and should launch soon. The artwork was done by @DreadedDinosaur It looks amazing! Can’t wait for you to see it! You’re gonna love this story. pic.twitter.com/Lqh72yvT4g
— Jay D3PO (@Drunk3po) August 23, 2024
The first book was crowdfunded on IndieGoGo to the tune of $107,300 from 1,436 backers.
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