How To Report Animal Abuse On Youtube

YouTuber Charlie White, who posts videos nether the handle "penguinz0," recently shared a video criticizing YouTube for a lack of action against channels that characteristic content with animal abuse, saying that information technology inspires other YouTubers to hurt their pets.

In a video uploaded on Tuesday titled "I'm Mad," White said that he was speaking out after releasing a video on Monday that explores the impact of the Chilean account Peluchin Entertainment, which allegedly made videos in which the teenage YouTuber tortured and murdered his cats.

In his Mon video, White took issue with the fact that Peluchin Entertainment'southward account has never been deleted by YouTube. Though the videos were eventually deleted and Peluchin did their best to rebrand, White alleges that they weren't deleted by YouTube; it was the by the account holder themselves.

YouTube declined our invitation to comment.

According to a Daily Dot article well-nigh Peluchin, YouTube claims they did address the content and removed the videos in question. The company tweeted twice (one time in December 2018 and January 2019) that the videos were flagged. It also provided people with a form to report the channel if farther abusive videos were uploaded.

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— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) December 21, 2018

Sorry for the confusion. The video in which the user driveling an beast has already been taken downwards past our Policy team. If yous feel that the channel is all the same violating our Community Guidelines, you can study information technology hither: https://t.co/TXbCTM0NPP. Our team will take a look.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) January 3, 2019

Though the videos are gone from the site at present, White said that Peluchin hurting and killing cats set a trend and fabricated him "some hero to beast abusers" on YouTube.

In his video, White cited a user named Angela Alvarez as an instance of one such a copycat. Subsequently his comments launched on Mon, Alvarez's account was removed, a fact for which White commended the platform.

But that ban didn't stop her for very long. Alvarez has seemingly re-launched her YouTube channel, beginning with a message daring people to report information technology. Of the iv videos uploaded, two are suggestive of beast corruption, although non explicitly showing acts of corruption.

In Mon'due south video White too pointed out that Peluchin'southward brute corruption was covered by major media outlets (The Daily Dot covered the YouTuber in 2019) and other YouTubers, all the same their account is still allowed to remain active. "The fact that this revolting hemorrhoid even still has a YouTube channel is sickening, and YouTube should be ashamed of themselves," he said.

While not gentle in his critique, White also said that he's worked closely with YouTube through his company Human Media Group, which helps YouTubers with the business side of their content, and that he's generally had a positive relationship with the teams with whom he'due south been involved.

He said that when he brought up these issues to the teams at YouTube he learned that inquiries about removing channels with alleged animal abuse were directed to a separate manual review team. "I'd fence the majority of YouTube genuinely does intendance from behind the scenes. I think a lot of departments are really on the side of creators and desire to brand it better, only in that location are a few groups like this one in particular that simply completely ruin information technology and ruin YouTube'south reputation and image equally a consequence of it," White said.

White proceeded to criticize the manual review team for censoring some content, but non the declared violent animal abuse videos. To show an example of the transmission review team's incompetence, White compared his content that was removed from YouTube with the alleged beast abuse videos. He cited a staged video imitating a Russian dashcam, where drawing characters fight, as a video that was flagged and taken off YouTube, merely said that the staged violence was less graphic than the videos where people hurt their animals.

He continued: "I don't understand why they're hesitant to delete it. It'due south like they're endorsing the brute abuse. They're assuasive this child to continue to exist this lightning rod to inspire other cat killers on YouTube."

Content intentionally harming animals is non allowed on the platform. YouTube'southward policies against violent content don't permit videos that feature animals fighting for man onlookers, like dogfighting or cockfighting. It also does not allow content that "shows unnecessary suffering."

White concluded his Tuesday video calling for answers as to what gets flagged past the transmission review squad and why channels that have featured creature abuse haven't been flagged.

He posted the "AnswerUsYouTube" hashtag to seek a response.

In an update posted on Wednesday titled "We Won a Battle," White said that the video he posted that had been flagged had been unflagged by YouTube and a strike confronting his aqueduct was removed. After standing to inquire YouTube to reconsider the strike against the channel, pointing to some other video with similar content, YouTube eventually relented, allowing the video to render to the site.

Update: we're not going to dice on this hill. You were correct – after (even farther) review, your video & others are back up and these strikes have been removed. This was an over-enforcement of our policies, especially w/ the added context/commentary as you originally pointed out.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) September 2, 2020

At the end of Wednesday's update, White said that he didn't have more than information about channels that have animal corruption.

White did not respond to Newsweek'due south emailed request for comment in time for publication. Newsweek reached out to Peluchin Entertainment via direct message on Twitter, but did not receive a response in time for publication.