YouTube
- 11/06/24 YouTube suspends the Climate State channel, citing Misinformation.

- 12/06/23 YouTube briefly suspends the Climate State channel, and the new EarthClimate.tv channel, citing Spam, deceptive practices and scams policies.
- Read our commentary.
- In the first half of 2023 – without notice the Climate State channel came back online after about 4 years of suspension.
- 09/08/20 YouTube suspends our channel, writing “..due to repeated or severe violations of our Community Guidelines,” at the same time our channel is in good standing – and we removed about 90% of the channel content, to comply with the new reused content policy.
- 01/30/19 YouTube demonetized our channel (with about 1000 videos) citing their new reused content policy.
- 01/30/17 YouTube Channel Termination (January 2017).

Judge for yourself, view our old YouTube Climate State channel – does this look like misinformation?
YouTube Deplatforming
Our YouTube channel Climate State was removed by YouTube citing misinformation, despite publishing only peer-reviewed research and content from established scientific institutions. Many scientists gave us permission to re-publish their talks and content on this channel. The closure appears to contradict YouTube’s own policy, which permits accurate republication of credible scientific sources.
Related
- An alarming wave of climate misinformation is spreading on YouTube https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/16/climate/climate-denial-misinformation-youtube/index.html
- YouTube earns millions a year from channels that promote climate denial https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/youtube-climate-denial-content-1.7085223
- Meta-Synthesis: Climate Change Disinformation on Social Media
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- Climate skeptic posts grew by 43% on YouTube from 2021 to 2024.
- Eight of the top 10 online shows are spreading climate misinformation.
