I'm really excited this morning because I'm expecting some sales. Let me check my email.
What's this? "Your content violated YouTube's Community Guidelines and has been removed.
Our team has reviewed your content, and, unfortunately, we think it violates our
harmful and dangerous policy. We've removed the following content from YouTube. How to download
videos from YouTube on iPhone or Android." Wow, that's depressing. I was expecting some
good news. What content did I violate? "How your content violated the policy." Click Learn More.
Harmful and dangerous content policy? I watched the video several times and even
ran it by some YouTube friends. Now, they've determined that did not violate
YouTube community guidelines. The content clearly states you need a YouTube Premium subscription
to legally download videos to your iPhone or Android device.
I'll place a link in the description so you can watch the video and see for yourself.
Hey, if you're getting value out of the content so far, hit that Subscribe button and click the
bell notification icon, so be notified about new content like this every week.
The next step is I'm going to appeal. Under the Community dashboard, you'll see Channel
violations. When you click on Appeal, you can appeal the decision. You click on Appeal. It says,
"Please explain the reason for your appeal." What this means is that you get a human review of your
content. Typically, the YouTube bots first flag your content for violating the community
guidelines. I'm really hopeful that when I submit my appeal that my video will get reinstated.
After you fill out the box, you just click Submit. Let me know in the comments below, if you haven't
got a community guidelines strike, and your video got reinstated after your appeal. I'd love to
read your comments, and I'm sure others would too. Let me check my email. "Drost Video, we've reached
a decision on your appeal. We have reviewed your appeal for the following content. We reviewed your
content carefully, and have determined that it violates our harmful and dangerous policy.
We know this is probably disappointing news, but it's our job to make sure that YouTube is a safe
place for all." Wow, I was hoping to get my video reinstated. How's this going to affect my channel?
"How this affects your channel. We won't be putting your content back on YouTube.
If your appeal was for a warning, you will not be given another warning in the future.
If your appeal was for a strike, the strike will remain on your channel."
Keep in mind that if you get three strikes on your channel, your channel will be terminated.
If you get one strike, then you won't be able to upload any new videos or go live
for one whole week. It really sucks because if you get two more strikes during that week,
your channel will be gone. The big question is, how can I remove the community guidelines strike
even after my appeal was rejected? Let me send a tweet to TeamYouTube. Here's a tweet that I sent
the Team YouTube. "Please check why I received a community guidelines strike for my video tutorial.
I explain how to use a premium subscription for authorized downloads.
My appeal was rejected. Thanks." Here's a reply I got back from TeamYouTube.
"Thanks for the info. We've passed this along to the team to get a closer look.
We'll get back to you once we have an update from them." I'm hopeful, but I'm not holding my breath.
One day later, I get a reply back from TeamYouTube. Let's read what it says.
"Following up, we've heard back from the team, and we've reinstated the video." Yay. "Moving forward,
you can read more on the importance of context through this Help Center article for additional
information. We're here if you have any other questions." [sighs] What a relief.
I got to say I wasn't expecting my video to be reinstated so I'm really glad that I reached
out to TeamYouTube. Another action that I took after the appeal was rejected by YouTube was to
post in the YouTube community forum. Here's my initial post on YouTube community forum.
I got a reply from Andrew S., who's a Platinum Product Expert, that says, "Can you share the link
to the removed video from YouTube and a screenshot of your Studio showing the rejected appeal?"
Here's the screenshot of my rejected appeal. Then Andrew said, "Okay, there isn't anything I can
do while the appeal hasn't been rejected yet." After my appeal got rejected, I posted again to
the YouTube community forum. I said, "The appeal got rejected. The tutorial clearly explains
that YouTube Premium is the only legal way to download videos to your phone. Alternatively,
save them to a playlist to watch later." Here's their reply: "Our team has reviewed your content,
and, unfortunately, we think it violates our harmful and dangerous policy." Here's a reply
from Andrew S: "Thanks for providing this. I see there's another escalation created for
you for the same video, so I'll keep track of that rather than creating a
duplicate escalation." It does give me a tip by advising to put YouTube Premium in the title.
I also reached out to Captain Rob Lee who's a Gold Product Expert. I want to
thank Andrew and Captain Rob Lee for helping out. After the video got reinstated and strike removed,
Captain Rob Lee posted a recommended answer in the YouTube community forum. "Glad to
hear the video has been reinstated. I agree with Andrew. I strongly suggest you reword the title.
And you probably should review the description and tags to make sure they are not misleading."
Here are a couple of tips based upon my experience of getting community guidelines strikes. Number
one, make sure you have a clear title, description and tags that represent the content in your video.
The YouTube bots may flag more videos as more content is uploaded to YouTube. Number two, appeal
the strike if you feel your video hasn't violated the community guidelines. Number three, if your
appeal is rejected, then tweet @TeamYouTube, and also post in the YouTube community forum.
Number four, avoid creating videos on topics that might get flagged by YouTube.
If you want to know how to legally download YouTube videos on your iPhone or Android device
using the YouTube Premium subscription, watch the video on the screen right now.
You'll also learn how to save videos to a playlist so you can watch them later.