YouTuber's Channel Permanently Banned Over Censored Hellraiser: Revival Gameplay Video

A YouTuber and streamer's channel was permanently banned for a Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival gameplay video.

French content creator J0nathan said that despite covering up the nudity in the game’s opening scenes with black boxes, his channel was removed for violating YouTube’s sex and nudity policy. “Explicit content that’s meant to be sexually gratifying isn’t allowed on YouTube,” the company told the streamer in response to an appeal upholding the ban.

Hellraiser: Revival, from Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive, opens with a raunchy sex scene featuring a topless woman and some BDSM play. Following that, the male character runs around for a while with their wang in the wind. While the scene is explicit, it’s essential to understanding the story and acts as the catalyst for everything that follows.

J0nathan claimed that this is the scene that got his channel banned, despite the fact uncensored gameplay of the same scene remains live on other YouTube channels. …