YouTube terminates the account of 14-year-old for hate-speech, YouTuber threatens 'gun violence' at YouTube HQ

YouTube has permanently deleted account of a 14-year-old YouTuber "Soph" for violating its hate speech policies. Recently, Soph uploed a video that was filled with anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and video was flagged for violating platform's hate speech policies and community guidelines. After Soph's channel with one million subscribers received third community guidelines strike in 90 days, YouTube permanently deleted her account basis of its three-strike policy. After YouTube terminated her channel, 14-year-old reportedly tweeted a photo of herself holding what looked like a gun, along with mess: "youtube hequarters here I come." Soph later deleted alleged controversial tweet and said that it was a joke.

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Google-owned video platform took action on Soph's recent video calling LGBTQ community paedophiles. She is kwn for her alleged derogatory and hateful remarks against Muslims and immigrants. In a 13-minute-long video titled "Pride & Prejudice," Soph criticised LGBTQ community and Pride Month. She referred to Pride Month as "30 days of AIDS-carrying pedophile-victims patting mselves on back for ir lifestyles." According to BuzzFeed, Soph encourd her followers to "make sure to blame me in your manifestos" in introduction of her video. It wasn't clear if Soph was referring to kind of manifesto posted online by Christchurch shooter. On Saturday, a similar manifesto was published on 8chan by suspect in El Paso shooting.

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A few weeks ago, YouTube temporarily suspended and demonetised Soph's account for violating YouTube's hate speech policy and community guidelines. Last year, a 39-year-old shooter opened fire at YouTube hequarters after claiming YouTube h unreasonably demonetised and censored her videos. She h wounded three people before killing herself.

In June, YouTube tightened its policies around harmful videos, days after IT Minister Ravi Shankar Pras warned against misuse of digital platforms in India.

"We're taking ar step in our hate speech policy by specifically prohibiting videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on qualities like , , race, caste, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status," YouTube h said in its blog post.