Anyone else hearing about the ASMR channel bans as of late on YouTube? Creators such as Rose ASMR, Slight Sounds ASMR, LunaRexx ASMR and others have all been terminated -
and from a creator who is concerned:
Theres quite a lot of discussion around it in the comments and on Reddit etc. Apparently the bans are YouTube enforcing their policy about external links to link pages like beacons.ai etc featuring "fans" sites such as OF and Fansly etc and their way of ensuring ASMR channels and possibly other genres are not funnelling people to their adult sites.
What are your thoughts on this? Is it a good thing or wrong of YouTube to ban without issuing warnings to correct?
I believe that YouTube should give warnings first to let creators remove these things as I am sure they would all comply and stop using the platform as a funnel once warned. It would give people a chance. On the other hand I see that creators are ignoring the policies about linking to these sites. What are your thoughts?
Do you think YouTube should warn creators before terminating their channels for this or is immediate enforcement justified when the policy has already been published in the community guidelines etc?