I got an email from YouTube (links removed):

“What we found

We think your content violated our violent or graphic content policy.

Violent or graphic content that’s intended to shock or disgust viewers isn’t allowed on YouTube. This may include footage, audio, or imagery involving war, terrorist attack aftermath, or other similar scenarios. We may make limited exceptions for content with educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic context. Read policy

You can see an example around 00:01:47, although there could be other instances.

How this impacts you

We removed this content from YouTube.

What to do next

Review your content and the policy. Then you can optionally:
• Appeal if you think we got it wrong
• Edit the video and submit for another review

Learn about your resolution options.”

It was for a video on the muscular system done by my daughter in Grade 7. It’s a great video where my daughter scripted an entire song on the topic, to the beat of a French song.

I went to the spot in the video the violation claimed was graphic.

It has a clip of a hand that is indeed graphic, the skin is peeled back in an operation and the muscles and tendons are revealed, moving in a short gif file as the patient moves their fingers. That said this should NOT be a violation when there are a multitude of videos up on YouTube right now, sharing much more graphic details of the same topic.

I appealed and it was rejected. I was given a chance to appeal again, but there is nowhere to defend my reasoning within the process. So, rather than face a second and possibly final decision, I decided to complain directly to YouTube. I shared a link to my video and 4 very graphic links to videos I found by searching “hand tendon operations” inside of my YouTube app.

I can’t imagine who would have complained about this video? Furthermore, why didn’t it pass an appeal? There are so many videos that are not educational and far more graphic.

I’ll update this if and when I get a response from YouTube.