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Ironmouse YouTube Channel Shutdown

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Updated Sep 22, 2024 at 11:07AM EDT by Mateus.

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Overview

Ironmouse YouTube Channel Shutdown refers to the shutdown of the VTuber Ironmouse main YouTube channel without any warning or reason in mid-September 2024. The news sparked a viral debate on social media, as netizens appointed other creators who also had their channels deleted from YouTube without prior warnings, while fans of the VTuber lamented the channel's shutdown.

Background

On September 20th, 2024, Twitch streamer and YouTuber Ironmouse tweeted that their main YouTube[1] channel "has been terminated" and that their "legal team working on things," they wrote (seen below) in a post that amassed over 74,000 likes and 5,600 reposts in two days.


ironmouse VSHOJO TIME TO FEAST OUT NOW! ✓ X @ironmouse. Follow Incredibly sad and shocked that my main youtube channel has been terminated. Right now I have a legal team working on things. Im so sorry to inconvenience everyone who enjoys watching my videos. Hopefully this can get resolved soon. 6:40 PM - Sep 20, 2024

Developments

Before Ironmouse's YouTube channel shutdown, on September 10th, 2024, YouTube had already been suspended[2] after the VTuber refused to provide personal information to the platform.

Online Reactions

Ironmouse's main channel shutdown became a viral topic in the VTuber fandom, sparking a debate regarding possible reasons why YouTube deleted their channel. For example, on September 20th, 2024, X[3] user @Crazy12Eric posted a clip of Shadow The Hedgehog as a reaction alongside the caption "Dear YouTube:". The post amassed roughly 39,000 views and 902 likes in two days.

On September 21st, 2024, Redditor[4] @LtSoba posted a GIF making fun of people who defend the YouTube copyright system, captioning "I hate the YouTube copyright system." The post (seen below) amassed over 7,800 upvotes and 381 comments in a day.


Vtuber haters explaining how they're in the right for abusing the YouTube copyright system and sending deathreats to a chronically ill woman because she uses an anime avatar 2014 DDD 0000 7300 D A

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External References

[1] X – ironmouse

[2] Dexerto – Why has YouTube blocked IronMouse’s popular VoD channel? VShojo & editors chime in

[3] X – Crazy12Eric

[4] Reddit – LtSoba

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Also I'd like to point out that this happen right after she released a new music video that took months to put together so all the growth she would've gotten from that project Is completely gone.
This plus the doxxing pressure makes It feel extremely targeted, like, It can't be just an out of touch corpo or a AI mistake It must be a group of people targeting her specifically.

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