What's the difference between a Community Guidelines strike and a copyright strike?
A separate three-strike system for content that itself breaks the rules (profanity, violence, misinformation) — as opposed to using someone else's content. From the 2nd strike, uploading is fully blocked for 2 weeks.
What to do now
- A separate three-strike system for content that itself breaks the rules (profanity, violence, misinformation) — as opposed to using someone else's content. From the 2nd strike, uploading is fully blocked for 2 weeks.
Who owns the resolution
YouTube's own support/policy team decides this -- AMS explains the policy but has no account access and cannot make this decision for you.
Evidence to prepare
- Your account email or user ID
- Screenshots or a confirmation number for the specific order/booking/transaction
- Any messages you already exchanged with support about this
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I need practical help with a YouTube issue. The policy question: What's the difference between a Community Guidelines strike and a copyright strike? Useful context I found: A separate three-strike system for content that itself breaks the rules (profanity, violence, misinformation) — as opposed to using someone else's content. From the 2nd strike, uploading is fully blocked for 2 weeks. My specific situation: [Describe what happened, including dates and messages shown] The outcome I want: [Refund, verification, appeal, account recovery, explanation, etc.] Important constraints: [Country, deadline, booking/account status, documents already submitted, budget, or other limits] Please: 1. Identify any missing facts you need before reaching a conclusion. 2. Separate platform policy, local law, and your own inference. 3. Give me the safest next steps in priority order. 4. Use current official sources where possible and flag anything that may have changed. 5. Draft a concise message I can paste to customer support. 6. Do not invent account access, guarantees, refund rights, or legal conclusions.
Why this policy exists
Where a copyright strike asks "did this video use someone else's work," a Community Guidelines strike asks "does this video's own content violate YouTube's policies" (harassment, misinformation, harmful content, violence, etc.) — a completely separate system. A first violation usually gets only a warning with no strike, cleared after 90 days once you complete a policy-training course. But a second strike within that 90-day window fully blocks uploading new videos, Shorts, or livestreams for two weeks, and a third strike terminates the channel permanently. Severe violations — defamation, child safety — can skip straight to channel termination even on a first offense, no warning issued.
Need to act on your account?
AMS explains the rule but cannot access your account, issue a refund or change a platform decision.