A popular automotive YouTuber who defeated YouTube in a legal battle over his channel being terminated is still trying to fight to get it reactivated. 

Avoiding channel strikes and a termination is something that pretty much every YouTuber strives to do. However, there have been a number of situations recently where content creators believe they’ve been struck down unfairly by YouTube’s AI review systems. 

In the case of Oleksandr, a popular YouTuber who focuses on car content, his channel, Chase Car, was struck off back in November 2024, months after it was demonitized by YouTube. Oleksandr fought to get his channel re-monetized and won. 

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However, when November came around, YouTube claimed his termination was for “Spam, deceptive practices, and scams policies.” He filed a legal case in March 2025, and had an independent legal body rule that the strike was “not rightful.”

YouTuber still banned despite winning legal case

“An independent legal body ruled YouTube was WRONG. The best part? YouTube defended itself during the process, but could not show what I had violated. I WON. Here’s where it gets terrifying – My channel is STILL terminated,” the content creator posted on X (formerly Twitter).

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“I’ve been emailing YouTube’s legal team for 4 MONTHS. Bot replies and complete silence. If they can do this to me AFTER I won, what chance does any creator have?

“I’m not giving up. I am filing a complaint with the Irish regulator to force YouTube to honor the decision.”

I did what 99% of creators think is impossible – I legally defeated YouTube.

How does YouTube react? They’re pretending it never happened.

Let me tell you a story that proves the system is designed to crush creators – even when you WIN legal case and the law is on your side 👇… pic.twitter.com/O0m4IuNsDG

— Oleksandr Chase Car (@OlekChaseCar) December 1, 2025

Oleksandr has offered help and advice to other creators who have also had their channels terminated in recent months. 

In mid-November, YouTube issued a response to channels that had been caught up in a mass clampdown and had their content removed. They stated that “there were no bugs or known issues” with their moderation systems, and that channels had been banned for “low effort” content.

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