Political commentator Dan Bongino was permanently banned from YouTube on Wednesday.
YouTube claims that Bongino violated a policy against using alternate accounts to evade suspensions.
Bongino had a main channel and a secondary channel that hosted short clips from his digital show. The clip account was previously suspended for posting COVID-19 “misinformation.”
After the clip account was suspended, Bongino uploaded a video to his primary account — which the platform said violated the suspension evasion.
“When a channel receives a strike, it is against our Terms of Service to post content or use another channel to circumvent the suspension,” a YouTube spokesperson told The Hill.
Now, both of the channels have been permanently removed and the commentator will not be permitted to create another one.
A spokesperson for the platform told The Hill that channels “associated with his name” are also forbidden.
Bongino responded to the initial suspension in a letter, which he posted online.
BREAKING 🚨:
YouTube just suspended Dan’s channel for daring to question the mask fascists.I guess they were waiting for an apology from us. But that’s not quite how it worked out for them. Here’s Dan’s email to “Coco” at YouTube telling them to plant a big wet kiss on his ass pic.twitter.com/4yFeprnr3Y
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) January 14, 2022
“We knew it was just a matter of time before the tyrannical, free-speech hating, bullsh*t, big tech sh*thole your work for, would try to silence us. I anxiously waited for this moment however, as I’ve said on my show many times,” Bongino wrote.
“Thankfully, I’m one of the investors with Rumble, a video platform that respects free speech,” Bongino continued. “As a matter of fact, I have more than double the number of followers there, than on your sh-t platform.”
The letter concluded, “Respectfully Kiss My Ass.”
“The Dan Bongino Show” already has over two million subscribers on YouTube competitor Rumble.
