Account Suspended - help please

[Andy R]

I received an email last night

"The YouTube community flagged one or more of your playlists as inappropriate. After reviewing the content, we’ve determined that the playlist violates our Community Guidelines. As a result, we removed the following playlist from YouTube:

Halloween Giant Egg Surprise

Please note that this removal has not resulted in a strike on your channel. We encourage you to review all playlists in your account to make sure they are in line with our community guidelines. Additional violations could result in strikes on your account, or even lead to account termination"

After an hour I received an email that My ad has been disapproved because my video is unavailable. I never received an actual suspension or terminated noticed.

When I go to my channel I get
"This account has been terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines."

These playlist was about 5 skits we did related to Halloween where my wife and daughter were dressed as witches. Yes, the word Witch and others were used.

I filed an appeal today and will wait for the response.
Has this happened to anyone else.
Any tips or suggestions?

 

[Styxie]

Due to Elsagate and a whole slew of inappropriate children's content being posted to YouTube, YouTube have started to crack down HARD on content aimed at kids. It could be a genuine mistake or not. Hard to say!

 

[KiddieToysReview]

There's another channel that had the same problem.
Don't file appeals. They can terminate your whole channel.
PM me I'll send you some more info.

 

[KudoJin]

I was wondering if something like this would pop up here.

Yeah, as the others have already said, this probably has to do with Elsagate. Assuming your videos were kid friendly, it could be that you got caught in the crossfire.

 

[Andy R]

Thank you for all your response. My channel was was down for 30 hrs or so and was restored after the appeal.