J0nathan covered every bit of nudity with black boxes and flagged the video “Not Made for Kids” — and YouTube deleted his entire channel anyway. Ten years, 3,000 videos, gone overnight.
What happened
French creator J0nathan (xj0nathan on X) uploaded an hour of Hellraiser: Revival gameplay to his 190,000-subscriber channel. The game's opening features an explicit sex scene with BDSM elements and a topless woman — so he covered it all with black boxes and marked the video “Not Made for Kids.” He figured that was enough. He skipped the age gate, assuming YouTube would apply one automatically “like they always do” if it was needed.
YouTube pulled the video for nudity. A few days later, they deleted his entire channel.
The appeal went nowhere
YouTube's response cited “severe or repeated violations” of the sex and nudity policy: “Explicit content that's meant to be sexually gratifying isn't allowed on YouTube.” J0nathan's first appeal was rejected within minutes. He told IGN the whole process feels automated — “everything seems to be handled by AI” — and support accounts on social media just sent back a generic “we've reviewed your case and are upholding our decision.”
“My channel has been completely deleted, wiping out 10 years of hard work and destroying my main source of income,” he said. “I've never had any issues with the platform before. No warnings, no strikes, nothing.”
The part that doesn't add up
Here's what stings: J0nathan says numerous videos showing the exact same scene — completely uncensored — are still live on YouTube, some with tens of thousands of views. He censored his. They didn't. He got banned. They didn't.
“How can they possibly uphold such a decision when other videos showing the exact same scene without any censorship are still available on the platform?” he asked. “It really doesn't feel like any human being is actually reviewing these cases.”
He has a side channel but is afraid to touch it — YouTube bars terminated users from running other channels, so uploading there risks losing both.
KongMNG's take
This is the nightmare scenario for every gaming creator. Hellraiser: Revival wears its explicit content on its sleeve — it's a Clive Barker joint, pushing boundaries is the whole point. But YouTube's enforcement here punished the one guy who actually tried to follow the rules while leaving uncensored uploads untouched. If censoring the nudity, flagging the video, and holding a clean 10-year record still gets you deleted with zero warning, what's the playbook supposed to be? Until YouTube explains the inconsistency, every creator covering this game is uploading at their own risk.