J0nathan says YouTube removed his channel after Hellraiser: Revival video
French creator J0nathan says YouTube removed his channel after a censored Hellraiser: Revival gameplay video, despite black bars.
- J0nathan says he covered explicit scenes with black bars, but YouTube still took the video down under its sex and nudity policy.
- The reports say J0nathan had around 190,000 subscribers at the time and described the loss as 10 years of work and more than 3,000 videos.
What happened
IGN reports that J0nathan, a French content creator and streamer, lost his YouTube channel after posting gameplay from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival. The video reportedly showed the game’s opening scene, which includes explicit sexual content and nudity.
J0nathan told IGN that he had censored the nudity in his upload with black bars. Even so, the video was removed, and he was later told through the appeals process that explicit content intended to be sexually gratifying is not allowed on YouTube. He also said he had marked the video as “Not Made for Kids,” but had not applied an age restriction.
Kotaku later reported on the same case, saying YouTube tied the removal to a violation of its sex and nudity policy. In a post on X shared via Saber Interactive, J0nathan said he considered it a normal gameplay video and that he is now afraid to use a side channel, because YouTube can also target blocked users on other channels.
According to IGN, J0nathan had around 190,000 subscribers at the time of the ban. In the same quotes, he spoke about losing income, 10 years of work, and more than 3,000 videos.
Timeline
2026-10-07: Saber Interactive posts on X warning creators to label streams and videos correctly with age restrictions and sexual themes.
2026-10-08: J0nathan posts on X about his channel being removed and says he had 190,000 subscribers.
2026-10-09: IGN reports that J0nathan’s channel was permanently removed after a Hellraiser: Revival gameplay video.
2026-10-09: Kotaku reports that YouTube removed the video for an alleged violation of its sex and nudity policy.
2026-10-07: Saber Interactive warns on X that creators must label streams and videos correctly with age restrictions and sexual theme tags.
2026-10-08: J0nathan says on X that his 190,000-subscriber channel was removed for what he считает an incorrect reason.
2026-10-09: IGN and Kotaku publish reports on the permanent removal of the channel after the Hellraiser: Revival video.
Background
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is described in the reports as opening with a sex scene featuring a topless woman and BDSM elements, followed by a male character appearing naked on screen. That makes the video sensitive under YouTube’s rules on sex and nudity.
The available sources do not make it clear whether the ban was caused solely by this one video or whether other policy issues were involved. It is also not independently confirmed whether the reported 190,000 subscribers were still current after the story was published.
The sources do not include independent confirmation from YouTube beyond the cited ban notice. As a result, it remains unclear whether the removal was later reversed, whether the video was actually age-gated, and which specific scene triggered the moderation decision.