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Title: YouTube Pulls Tech Creator's Self-Hosting Tutorial as 'Harmful
Content'

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/06/1039...

YouTube pulled a popular tutorial video from tech creator Jeff Geerling this
week, claiming his guide to installing LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5 violated
policies against "harmful content." The video, which showed viewers how to
set up their own home media servers, had been live for over a year and racked
up more than 500,000 views. YouTube's automated systems flagged the content
for allegedly teaching people "how to get unauthorized or free access to
audio or audiovisual content." Geerling says his tutorial covered only legal
self-hosting of media people already own -- no piracy tools or copyright
workarounds. He said he goes out of his way to avoid mentioning popular
piracy software in his videos. It's the second time YouTube has pulled a self-
hosting content video from Geerling. Last October, YouTube removed his
Jellyfin tutorial, though that decision was quickly reversed after appeal.
This time, his appeal was denied.

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