00:00:00.000Hi, everyone. If you haven't heard by now, yesterday when I was live streaming day 106 of Iran Revolution Live, which I have been doing since December 28, when the Iranian revolution started, my live stream was taken down by YouTube, and I wasn't able to bring it back up.
00:00:23.720And then when I tried to restart my live stream, I was told that my live streaming capability has been disabled.
00:00:34.780What's even crazier is the reason why YouTube disabled not only my live stream yesterday, but is now preventing me from live streaming on my biggest platform.
00:00:47.760so i received an email yesterday and uh youtube is basically saying hey goldie gomari mpp it looks
00:01:00.920like iran revolution live with iranian hosts goldie and armin day 106 didn't follow our community
00:01:07.400guidelines we removed it from youtube what we found we think your content violated our firearms
00:01:16.260policy. Content that shows someone live-streaming while holding, handling, or transporting a firearm
00:01:25.420isn't allowed on YouTube. Channels not in compliance with this policy may temporarily
00:01:31.860lose their ability to live-stream. You can see an instance around 50358, although there could be
00:01:41.520other instances. Are you kidding me right now, YouTube? Are you kidding me?
00:01:51.280Here, guys, look at this. So here is 50358. Do you see that? Here, let me make this bigger,
00:01:59.940guys. I'm going to make this bigger. Here we go. This is 50358. You see the timestamp?
00:02:09.680OK, there's the timestamp. There's me. OK, there's me. There's me. There's Armin. And, you know, we're watching this music video or whatever, which, by the way, this music video was available on YouTube.
00:02:27.360So I was, we were broadcasting playing something that was already uploaded and available on YouTube and, you know, presumably has passed all the YouTube checks, right? So this is what was going on at 503.58. Do you see a gun in this screenshot? Do you see a firearm? You can't even see my hands.
00:02:51.840I mean, unless you're talking about, I mean, these guns, maybe, but do you actually see a firearm here? Because I certainly don't. In fact, I don't even own a fire gun, like a firearm or gun or, you know, whatever. I don't even know the proper term for that kind of stuff because I don't own one. I live in Canada.
00:03:10.580up. It's illegal to have these sorts of things anyway, without a permit. And in the last 106 days,
00:03:18.320in fact, never in my life have I ever live streamed myself brandishing or holding or
00:03:27.660carrying or whatever a firearm. I don't even own one. So anyways, this, this happened. And I was
00:03:34.800like, you know what? This could be just a misunderstanding. You know, maybe, maybe this
00:03:39.260is just a misunderstanding. Let me appeal the, let me appeal this, you know, decision by YouTube
00:03:45.280because obviously it's unfair. Maybe it's like an AI thing. I have no idea. So I filed an appeal
00:03:53.120and literally within four minutes, within four minutes, and guys, I have the, the timestamp
00:04:00.300in the emails. Okay. So when I got the initial notice, like when I got this notice, okay,
00:04:05.940the time difference between this notice and the appeal? Four minutes. So I appealed YouTube's
00:04:15.100obviously erroneous decision to take down my live stream and block me from live streaming.
00:04:21.420Within four minutes, this is the email that I got. Hi, Goldie Gamari MPP. We reviewed Iran
00:04:28.300Revolution Live with Iranian hosts Goldie and Armin Day 106 again and confirmed it's not allowed
00:04:34.620under our firearms policy. What firearms policy am I breaking? Your video won't be put back on
00:04:41.800YouTube. We understand this may be frustrating, but we're committed to keeping YouTube a safe
00:04:46.660place for everyone. Our goal is to help you succeed on YouTube. Well, you're certainly not
00:04:51.960doing that YouTube. You're certainly not helping me succeed when you are taking down my videos
00:04:58.820and then you are falsely accusing me of holding a firearm. What is it? Someone live streaming
00:05:07.320while holding, handling, or transporting a firearm. So how are you actually helping me succeed
00:05:15.700on YouTube when you are falsely accusing me of live streaming while holding a gun,
00:05:21.960which I have never done. And of course, never will do. My entire show, Iran Revolution Live,
00:05:30.000is about being a voice for the Iranian people. That's what I have been doing. That's what I
00:05:35.780have been doing for the last, not just 106 days, but for the last 10 years of my life.
00:05:43.420And now when we're getting to the critical point, now when we are getting to the moment
00:05:51.960where things are escalating and heating up, this is the moment that you choose to block me from
00:06:02.900live streaming? When 90 million Iranians have been shut off from the internet for the last,
00:06:10.360what, 45, 44, 45 days now? The internet in occupied Iran has been shut down for the last
00:06:18.78045 days. 90 million Iranians do not have a voice. They are unable to speak out because the terrorist
00:06:25.320Islamic regime that is occupying Iran and occupying them does not want the world to know what they
00:06:31.380think. That is literally the reason why I have been live streaming day in and day out for the
00:06:37.980last 106 days. So that at least someone can be a voice for people in occupied Iran.
00:06:48.220My appeal was rejected within four minutes. And then when I went to the YouTube creator studio
00:06:58.540and I tried to speak with someone there, I was told by the manager that the decision is final
00:07:07.620and there's nothing they can do about it because my video was thoroughly reviewed. Oh, really?
00:07:15.520Really? Does this look like something that has been thoroughly reviewed? Where do you see a gun
00:07:21.520here? Where do you see a gun at 503.58? And what's even worse is that when I was speaking with a
00:07:29.680manager in the YouTube creator studio dashboard or whatever, and I said, well, what evidence do
00:07:36.920have that i'm carrying a gun or holding a gun and then that person said to me well i don't have the
00:07:43.320specifics i don't have access to the specifics but we trust our internal review team so obviously
00:07:49.080there's a disconnect between the support on the youtube dashboard versus the internal review team
00:07:55.480and how is it that the internal review team can just operate um with impunity right and no one
00:08:03.640can challenge their decision. How am I supposed to get in touch with someone? This is literally
00:08:07.800a life or death situation. And meanwhile, I know this is only happening to me. This is happening
00:08:16.900to a lot of other YouTube content creators whose videos are being taken down and their ability to
00:08:22.660live stream is being removed because of this weird firearms policy. I mean, I heard about
00:08:29.120someone who was live streaming an active shooter situation, basically sharing the news and he was
00:08:37.000taken down. I'm sharing news videos and content about the conflict in Iran. Of course, there's
00:08:43.400going to be people holding firearms. That's why I've made sure that I say my content is not
00:08:49.880intended for children. My content is for adults only because I'm sharing news. I'm sharing
00:08:55.960political analysis. I'm sharing commentary. So why is it that I am being penalized for sharing
00:09:05.140news videos? Meanwhile, meanwhile, this weird freak, this weird freak here who's part of the
00:09:14.280Islamic regime, he's posting videos about how he wants to take American, female American soldiers1.00
00:09:21.520as sex slaves. Did you know that? Why is it that this jihadi terrorist Islamic regime, Mullah,0.99
00:09:29.680can post videos about how he is fantasizing about taking female American soldiers captive1.00
00:09:40.600as sex slaves, as concubines, right? He can say that, and he doesn't get penalized for that.0.98
00:09:47.500this weird, disgusting, gross jihadi mullah. And yet when I'm sharing the truth, when I'm sharing0.99
00:09:54.840videos of events that are happening in occupied Iran, I am the one that's being penalized. And now
00:10:02.240I am being silenced. So not only are 90 million Iranians in occupied Iran silenced,
00:10:08.780now my voice is silenced as well. Shame on you, YouTube. Shame on you. You're supposed to be
00:10:14.900an American company. Did you know, YouTube, that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a listed
00:10:21.660terrorist entity in the United States? Did you know that? Did you know that the United States
00:10:28.300is currently at war with the Islamic regime? Did you know that President Trump has said that he
00:10:33.800wants to bomb them? What? Would you censor President Trump for his statements? Would you
00:10:42.960censor Americans for their statements? Are you going to censor the videos that CENTCOM is uploading
00:10:48.840to their YouTube channel because their videos include guns and firearms and boom-booms and bombs?
00:10:58.160Why are you censoring people who are sharing accurate, reliable news clips and sharing
00:11:03.700information? Why are you not giving the Iranian people a voice? Shame on you, YouTube. YouTube
00:11:12.460right now, you are standing on the side of terrorists. You are taking the side of the
00:11:18.340Islamic regime. And remember, the Islamic regime is the enemy of the United States. To me,
00:11:24.080that sounds like treason. Fix this mistake.