YouTube Bans In Pursuit of Truth (IPOT)

YouTube Banned

YouTube banned In Pursuit of Truth (IPOT), a political commentary channel, in an attempt to purge channels that the platform claimed were spreading “harmful conspiracy theories.” The two and a half year old channel had nearly 243k subscribers and over 43.4 million total views across 620 videos. IPOT issued the following message soon after the ban:

If you can still access any of my videos and are able to download them, please do.

Not sure when my next video will be. I have to deal with some personal things first.

It’ll be a teeth kicker though. Don’t mistake silence for inactivity.

– IPOT (@IPOT1776) 15 Oct 2020

Sources / Relevant Material

  1. twitter.com/IPOT1776/status/1316758951908700161
  2. twitter.com/IPOT1776/status/1316764736445243392
  3. twitter.com/IPOT1776/status/1316922156786307072
  4. altcensored.com/channel/UCAyrKoW31y5UcsRjh2ItvxQ
  5. socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCAyrKoW31y5UcsRjh2ItvxQ
  6. youtube.com/channel/UCAyrKoW31y5UcsRjh2ItvxQ (archived channel removal notice)