The agreement establishes a strikes system under which Community Guidelines violations result in escalating channel restrictions that may lead to permanent channel removal, with circumvention of strike-based restrictions constituting a material breach authorizing termination of the user's entire Google account.
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This provision establishes that using any alternative channel to circumvent a strike-based restriction is a material breach of the agreement, triggering Google's right to terminate the user's Google account across all services, not solely their YouTube access. The strikes system is governed by external Community Guidelines that are incorporated by reference and may be updated independently.
Under this provision, a Community Guidelines violation results in a strike that carries escalating restrictions and may permanently remove a channel. Attempting to circumvent those restrictions through another channel constitutes a material breach of the agreement, which the document states authorizes Google to terminate the user's entire Google account.
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"YouTube operates a system of "strikes" in respect of Content that violates the YouTube Community Guidelines. Each strike comes with varying restrictions and may result in the permanent removal of your channel from YouTube. A full description of how a strike affects your channel is available on the Community Guidelines Strikes Basics page. If you believe that a strike has been issued in error, you may appeal here. If your channel has been restricted due to a strike, you must not use another channel to circumvent these restrictions. Violation of this prohibition is a material breach of this Agreement and Google reserves the right to terminate your Google account or your access to all or part of the Service.Excerpt from YouTube Ads's YouTube Terms of Service
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This provision establishes that using any alternative channel to circumvent a strike-based restriction is a material breach of the agreement, triggering Google's right to terminate the user's Google account across all services, not solely their YouTube access. The strikes system is governed by external Community Guidelines that are incorporated by reference and may be updated independently.
Under this provision, a Community Guidelines violation results in a strike that carries escalating restrictions and may permanently remove a channel. Attempting to circumvent those restrictions through another channel constitutes a material breach of the agreement, which the document states authorizes Google to terminate the user's entire Google account.
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