IShowSpeed Banned from YouTube: Car Stunt Controversy Explodes

Speed’s editor slips just posted a screenshot of Speed’s Youtube channel dashboard online, and it immediately went viral. Users couldn’t help but point out the sense of irony in the way that the account was being treated by YouTube. 

Speed however, has himself not addressed the ban which was based on speculation and some information – given out for his stunt stream where he jumped over his Ronaldo-wrapped Lamborghini followed by a Mclaren. 

In some edited clips, the footage even had disclaimers about how users shouldn’t attempt to try these on their own, but YouTube did not seem to enjoy the way the video was presented. 

Although the stunt was a follow-up to a video he had posted back in July where he’d jumped over his Lamborghini, which was something that Youtube had already age-restricted. Despite this, Watkins still received a ban for his stunt. Partly another reason is also because of Speed’s fame which leads to him constantly being under the radar. 

Some people even went on to point out how the videos had some police vehicles in the background which implied that he went through all the necessary measures that had to be taken in terms of safety and permissions for his plans. Because the ban was YouTube’s, not some other creator’s, the sole reason might not just be that Speed had broken the law. 

This event shifted the focus onto other content creators who’ve done way worse, such as Dr.Disrespect – and have seemingly gotten away with it, which just sheds light on the potential double standards maintained by YouTube – which is yet to address this issue publicly. 

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