Overview
- The French creator j0nathan had his channel permanently removed on Friday, erasing roughly 3,000 videos and about 190,000 subscribers and cutting off his main source of income.
- YouTube’s removal notice and appeal replies pointed to repeated breaches of its sex and nudity policy and said explicit content meant to be sexually gratifying is not allowed on the platform.
- The creator says he blurred the game’s nudity and labeled the upload 'Not Made for Kids' but did not set an age restriction before posting the video.
- His appeals were reportedly rejected within minutes, which he says shows automated handling with no substantive human review, even though uncensored uploads of the same Hellraiser scene remain live on YouTube.
- Saber Interactive told creators to use age-restriction and sexual-theme labels but has not intervened, and j0nathan says he will pursue EU Digital Services Act appeals and possible legal action as he seeks to restore the channel.