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YouTube permanently bans Dan Bongino's channels

On January 26, 2022, YouTube permanently terminated the channels of conservative commentator Dan Bongino. His main channel had been suspended for a week over a video questioning mask effectiveness. YouTube said he then circumvented that suspension by posting on a secondary channel.

Jan 26, 2022
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Whose side it served: Democrats

The ban removed a prominent pro-Trump commentator from YouTube.

What the record shows

Axios reported that YouTube suspended Bongino's main channel on January 20, 2022, saying a mask video violated its COVID-19 misinformation policy. Bongino then posted a video to a secondary channel during the active strike. YouTube said that was 'circumventing our Terms of Service' and terminated the channels.

In their words

“posting a video while there was an active strike”— YouTube statement · source
The other side

YouTube said the permanent ban was for evading an active suspension, a rule that applies to everyone, rather than for the mask content itself; Bongino's supporters said the underlying strike was over a legitimate debate about masks.

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