YouTube uses government and international designations and terminates channels of designated terrorist members
YouTube decides what counts as a criminal or terrorist organization using many factors, including designations by governments and international organizations. As an example, it says it terminates any channel where it has a reasonable belief that the account holder is a member of a designated terrorist organization, such as a U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization or an organization identified by the United Nations. This termination is based on YouTube's reasonable belief about membership; it is not described as depending on what the channel posted.
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YouTube relies on many factors, including government and international organization designations, to determine what constitutes criminal or terrorist organizations.
For example, we terminate any channel where we have reasonable belief that the account holder is a member of a designated terrorist organization, such as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (U.S.), or organization identified by the United Nations.
Qualifications & exceptions
Designations are one factor among many; the page does not say a designation is required or decisive.
Termination applies where YouTube has a reasonable belief of membership in a designated terrorist organization.
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The page does not list the other factors YouTube uses or say whether any appeal is available for this kind of termination.
A first Community Guidelines violation likely brings a warning that training can make expire after 90 days
If this is your first violation of the Community Guidelines, you will likely get a warning with no penalty to your channel. You can take a policy training so that the warning expires after 90 days; the 90 days run from when you complete the training, not from when the warning was issued. If you violate the same policy again within that 90-day window, the warning may not expire and your channel may get a strike. If you violate a different policy after completing the training, you get another warning. The warning-first outcome is described as likely, not guaranteed: YouTube says it may terminate a channel after a single case of severe abuse, and it terminates channels it reasonably believes belong to members of designated terrorist organizations.
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If this is your first time violating our Community Guidelines, you'll likely get a warning with no penalty to your channel.
You will have the option to take a policy training to allow the warning to expire after 90 days.
The 90 day period starts from when the training is completed, not when the warning is issued.
However, if the same policy is violated within that 90 day window, the warning may not expire and your channel may be given a strike.
If you violate a different policy after completing the training, you will get another warning.
We may also terminate your channel or account after a single case of severe abuse, or when the channel is dedicated to a policy violation.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Likely" means a first violation does not always end with only a warning.
Repeat offenders may be prevented from taking policy trainings in the future.
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The page does not say what counts as a "different policy" for this purpose or how many warnings can be received.
Three strikes within 90 days may lead to channel termination
If your channel gets 3 strikes within 90 days, YouTube says the channel may be terminated. The page links to more information about the strikes system, which is not part of this saved page.
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If you get 3 strikes within 90 days, your channel may be terminated.
You can learn more about our strikes system here.
Qualifications & exceptions
Termination after three strikes is possible ("may"), not stated as automatic.
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The linked strikes-system page is not supplied, so what each strike restricts is not described here.
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YouTube may terminate a channel or account for repeated violations, a single severe case or a dedicated channel
YouTube may terminate your channel or account for repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. It may also terminate after a single case of severe abuse, or when a channel is dedicated to a policy violation, without the warning-and-strike sequence. Separately, this policy says YouTube terminates any channel where it has a reasonable belief that the account holder is a member of a designated terrorist organization. YouTube may also stop repeat offenders from taking policy trainings in the future.
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We may terminate your channel or account for repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.
We may also terminate your channel or account after a single case of severe abuse, or when the channel is dedicated to a policy violation.
We may prevent repeat offenders from taking policy trainings in the future.
For example, we terminate any channel where we have reasonable belief that the account holder is a member of a designated terrorist organization, such as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (U.S.), or organization identified by the United Nations.
Qualifications & exceptions
Termination for repeated, severe or dedicated violations is discretionary ("may").
Termination can reach the account, not only the channel.
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The page does not define "severe abuse" or "dedicated to a policy violation"; the linked terminations page is not supplied.