NEW: YouTube has suspended President Trump’s channel for a week, and potentially longer, after it removed a video that the company says incited violence.
YouTube tells me that Trump’s channel earned a first strike for the video, and under YouTube’s policies, a first strike violation involves a one-week timeout where uploads and streaming are restricted.
YouTube statement: 
I asked YouTube to say which video it found problematic. YouTube declined, but said that the one-week suspension is a minimum, not a maximum, and that it would revisit the decision at the end of the one-week period.
YouTube also says it’s taking the extra step of indefinitely disabling comments underneath Trump’s videos.
https://twitter.com/YouTubeInsider/status/1349205689395245056
Of the top social media platforms, YouTube was the only one until today that had not yet moved to restrict Trump’s accounts in some fashion.
Our story, which is developing: cnn.com/2021/01/12/tec…
More: YouTube tells me the company also removed content from the White House’s official channel for violating policy. Doesn’t sound like it earned a strike but I’m asking.
Content that’s similar to the violative posts and lack context will also be removed, the company said.
Content that’s similar to the violative posts and lack context will also be removed, the company said.
YouTube tells me that although content was removed from it, the official White House channel has not been suspended or been given a strike -- just a warning. If further violative content gets uploaded there, it would be eligible for a strike under YouTube policies, I'm told.
Been trying to figure out which video it was that triggered the enforcement.
YouTube tells me that it was comments he made to press yesterday morning. From my notes, though, he spoke to reporters twice -- from the south lawn of the White House and again at Joint Base Andrews.
YouTube tells me that it was comments he made to press yesterday morning. From my notes, though, he spoke to reporters twice -- from the south lawn of the White House and again at Joint Base Andrews.
Anyone happen to see which of those two sets of remarks (or perhaps both?) were posted to Trump's channel yesterday?
An update to this story: Trump’s press remarks at Joint Base Andrews yesterday appear to have been the final straw for YouTube, based on a look at what YouTube has said publicly and what is still on its platform. cnn.com/2021/01/12/tec…
YouTube had told me that the strike was linked to a video of Trump’s comments to the press on Tuesday morning.
Trump had two such press gaggles yesterday — one on the south lawn of the White House, and one at JBA before departing for Texas.
Trump had two such press gaggles yesterday — one on the south lawn of the White House, and one at JBA before departing for Texas.
But which one was it?
Well, YouTube had said that it had removed content from the White House’s official channel — and that content would be removed that was similar to that which was removed from Trump’s own channel.
Well, YouTube had said that it had removed content from the White House’s official channel — and that content would be removed that was similar to that which was removed from Trump’s own channel.
As of Wednesday morning, the south lawn remarks were still available on the White House channel, suggesting it wasn’t those remarks but the other ones, at JBA, that YouTube viewed as problematic.
Indeed, clicking a YouTube link to the JBA remarks (thanks, @FactbaseFeed & @nielslesniewski!) takes you to a YouTube message that says the video was removed for violating platform policies.
Here’s a slice of Trump’s remarks to press before leaving the base.
YouTube did not respond to further questions about this, but at this stage I think we can say with moderate to high confidence that the JBA remarks led to the strike and suspension.
Huge thanks to @nielslesniewski and @FactbaseFeed for helping to dig on this.
Huge thanks to @nielslesniewski and @FactbaseFeed for helping to dig on this.
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