Why Andrew Kibe’s YouTube channel was terminated – Google's Dorothy Ooko

Ooko was responding to a tweet that she was tagged in, where a user named Wairimu Mariam criticized the action, calling it an embodiment of “cancel culture”. 

“Cancel culture cannot be allowed to take root in content creation.  @kibeandy termination of YouTube accounts is NOT about his message but a direct attack on the creative. Restore his accounts. Say NO to CANCEL CULTURE,” Wairimu tweeted. 

In response, Ooko explained how Kibe violated YouTube’s terms of service, leading to the channel’s termination. 

“While he was restricted from using YouTube features, including uploading videos on his channel, he used another channel to get around these restrictions aka circumvention, resulting in termination of all his channels,” Ooko wrote. 

After a while, Kibe himself responded to the tweet, expressing skepticism about the termination process.

“Sounds so pedestrian. Can you show me the emails of the violations? That is the procedure right? I mean, there is no way YouTube permanently blocks any channel that has over 3000 videos with no proper trail. Be serious,” he remarked.

In return, YouTube asked Kibe to share his YouTube channel URL for further investigations. 

Kibe’s YouTube channel was terminated on September 11. The channel had 474,000 subscribers.