YouTube has taken action against videos of Red Dead Redemption 2: Numerous clips depicting a feminist being beaten and dying in countless ways have been removed. One channel has also been temporarily closed.
The world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is populated by numerous NPCs, not all of whom are well received by the community. A feminist in Saint Denis seems to be one of these NPCs, as many players share images or videos of them beating or killing the character. YouTube has now intervened and removed numerous videos featuring the feminist for violating the terms of service.
YouTube removes violent videos
What happened? In Red Dead Redemption 2, there is a feminist in the city of Saint Denis who, typical for the time period of the story, fights for her right to vote. The character has not been very well received in the community.
On Reddit and YouTube, some players shared images and videos of how they beat the character in the game or kill her in various ways. YouTube has now taken action and removed many such videos.
YouTube channel closed: The YouTuber Shirrako even had to worry about his channel amid the removals. He made some videos in which the feminist is killed. For example, he showed how the character is eaten by pigs or alligators, or blown up.
His videos, which primarily rely on shock effects, elicited mostly toxic comments from both sides. From players who found the treatment of the character funny and those who found it offensive.
Shirrako’s channel was subsequently closed. After many players complained about this, including YouTuber KEEMSTAR, even the Global Head of Gaming at YouTube, Ryan Wyatt, commented on the incident. The channel and all his videos, including those about the feminist in RDR 2, were restored and given an age restriction.
One of Shirrako’s videos about the feminist is titled “Red Dead Redemption 2 – Beating up annoying feminist” and had 1.5 million views. A recent video of his is titled “Red Dead Redemption 2 – Deporting A Mexican.”
Videos violate terms of service: YouTube previously justified the intervention by stating that the videos violated the platform’s terms of service. The guidelines prohibit, among other things, unjustified violence, nudity, dangerous and illegal activities, as well as hate speech.
Creative formats like video games can be difficult to judge, but when content crosses the line and is brought to our attention, we take action when necessary.
Players are shocked: How brutal Red Dead Redemption 2 is
The title image is from this video by Shirrako.
