YouTube has banned Calvin Lee Vail, also known as Leafy. This happened after Leafy started publishing videos critical of various other content creators. At this rate, we will probably remember this as the year of bans, in the future.
Leafy's YouTube account has been terminated due to "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully, or threaten"
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) August 22, 2020
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YouTuber gets banned
Leafy rose to fame a couple of years back, mainly through commentary and gameplay footage, primarily of CS: GO. In 2017, Leafy took a hiatus and stopped making videos. Subsequently, he returned earlier this year and started making videos that targeted several content creators.
Recently, he made some videos on Twitch streamer Pokimane. Many believe this led to his ban. Leafy’s videos mocked her content and appearance and also addressed Pokimane’s personal life.
YouTuber Keemstar posted a screenshot of the message that states why the account was banned.
“This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully or threaten.”
Breaking @Leafy channel just got terminated by YouTube. #DramaAlert pic.twitter.com/CuuHZE087H
— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) August 22, 2020
Leafy has not responded to the ban as of yet.
Twitter reacts to leafy ban
The community did not hold back from reacting to Leafy’s ban. Several names showed their support for the #FreeLeafy movement on Twitter.
You can check out some of the tweets below.
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— rae (@Valkyrae) August 22, 2020
And nothing of value was lost
— Shannon (@ShannonZKiller) August 22, 2020
Genuinely sad that such a hard working, kind, thoughtful, young man would lose his channel over something as simple as harassing and bullying others. What has sensitive YouTube come to? 😏😏
— GenG Ava (@AvaGG) August 22, 2020
I’m just puzzled by what type of content many banned channels make in 2020 that differs from 2015.
Has Youtube had a leadership change?
Who took charge to act on longstanding criticism? (Someone not in power earlier?)
Do advertisers over the channel’s lifetime get refunded?
— Tay Zonday (@TayZonday) August 22, 2020
I guess you could say they asked him to leaf.
— Dan Fornace (@danfornace) August 22, 2020
Leafy has not survived in today’s climate. Leafy was banned off of youtube for good and will be missed forever. It looks like the tier 3 pokimane subs have finally succeeded. #FreeLeafy pic.twitter.com/58G4VIhpTt
— Frosty (@stayfrostyxo) August 22, 2020
Holy shit, Youtube really banned Leafy.
— Count Dankula🏴🏳️🌈 #BLM (@CountDankulaTV) August 22, 2020
Leafy: dedicated his entire channel to bullying someone
YouTube: bans Leafy for bullying
Leafy: pic.twitter.com/5UP0HWEoLp
— Harris Heller (@HarrisHeller) August 22, 2020
I kinda found it funny how Leafy's videos will titled about some specific thing (mostly salacious drama) but mostly just be quick stories about finances or shit he's done outside of YouTube. I think he'll be fine without his channel. Still sucks tho
— michael (@occulthellbilly) August 22, 2020
Pokimane clarifies her side
Replying to Breslau’s tweet, Pokimane stated that she had nothing to do with the ban. A few days back, Pokimane came forth with an apology video. She stated that this is something she should have done long back.
In the video, she apologized to those she had had issues with in the past. She also addressed issues that the streaming community has been vocal about, particularly one surrounding her personal life. Many had accused her of lying to her viewers about her personal relationship. This is something that Keemstar had also spoken about.
In the video, Pokimane said that she prefers to keep her personal life away from her career.
Since Pokimane has stated that she had nothing to do with the ban, YouTube could have banned Leafy for his content. The platform does not look kindly upon videos that target, bully, and harass others.
