The YouTube channel and social media account, which had been carefully nurtured and developed, disappeared overnight. Without knowing the exact reason, incidents were occurring one after another that bewildered not only the channel owner but also the subscribers, due to a notice of 'guideline violation' without any prior warning.
On the 11th, Son Yeon-jae's YouTube channel, which had 60,000 subscribers, was suddenly deleted. In August 2022, Son Yeon-jae married a financial worker who is 9 years older than her, and they have a son together. Son Yeon-jae had been communicating with the public through YouTube by revealing her newlywed home and introducing parenting items such as car seats and strollers.
Son Yeon-jae's channel was abruptly deleted, and YouTube announced, "The channel was deleted because it violated the YouTube community guidelines." However, due to the vague reason, there were various speculations about whether it was reported by anti-fans.
However, a day later, on the 12th, Son Yeon-jae's channel was revived. Son Yeon-jae's side told OSEN, "It was indeed a mistake caused by a YouTube algorithm error, not a guideline violation," and added, "Upon hearing about the channel deletion, the production team immediately inquired with YouTube and filed an appeal. As a result, it was confirmed that there was no violation of the community guidelines, and received a response with an apology indicating that it was a mistake caused by YouTube's algorithm error. Currently, the channel has been fully restored."
Additionally, Son Yeon-jae's side explained through the YouTube community, "The production team immediately verified the situation and submitted an appeal to YouTube. Fortunately, following the review, we received official confirmation that there was absolutely no violation of the community guidelines, and the channel has already been completely restored. We sincerely apologize for any worries and inconveniences caused, and express our deep gratitude to everyone who waited and cared for us."
While Son Yeon-jae faced unexpected troubles, actress Kim Sung-eun also encountered the sudden disappearance of her cherished YouTube channel. Kim Sung-eun, who married former soccer player Jung Jo-guk in 2009, has two sons and one daughter, and has been communicating closely with her audience through daily vlogs.
Amidst the disillusionment of having her YouTube channel vanish overnight, Kim Sung-eun remarked, "On the evening of the 26th, my YouTube channel was unexpectedly deleted. My production team has already filed an appeal right away. Still, it was a space I had worked really hard on for the past two years, so I was quite upset at the moment." She continued, "However, I believe the channel will definitely be restored safely. I thought our fans would be more worried than me, so I wanted to share this news first. Because it's a channel that many people have supported and loved, I will make sure to return with a good appearance soon. Please wait a little longer. I am always thankful and love you all."
If Son Yeon-jae and Kim Sung-eun suffered due to the deletion of their YouTube channels, Son Ye-jin sparked curiosity when her friendly everyday social media account disappeared. On the 27th, Son Ye-jin wrote on her social media account, "Finally, we're off! This is my first time visiting the Venice International Film Festival. I'm so excited. Let's meet in Venice with a wonderful look." She added, "You were surprised by the sudden deletion of my sub-account, right? I don't know why either. I will try to recover it as soon as possible."
Son Ye-jin has been sharing little snippets of her life and anecdotes about her son through her sub-account. It was a sub-account that provided familiarity as Son Ye-jin as 'the actress' rather than as 'the wife' or 'the mother of a son,' so it was loved by many, but it left behind questions upon its sudden disappearance.
In response, the agency stated, "Actress Son Ye-jin's SNS sub-account was not deleted voluntarily by the actress. Currently, we do not know the specific reason either," adding that "the sudden deactivation of the SNS account could be due to unknown hacking or it has been reported that Meta has been deleting accounts through AI recently. Currently, we are anticipating these two possibilities, but we have not received a definite response from Meta, and since there have been no issues with the account operation on our side, we cannot ascertain the exact reason. First, we plan to contact Meta and take necessary additional measures if needed like submitting documents. If the account recovery actions and specific reasons are revealed, we will inform you accordingly."
In fact, recently on YouTube, there have been frequent occurrences of channels being deleted and then restored. According to the Google homepage, the YouTube community guidelines regulate items such as bullying and cyberbullying, harmful or dangerous content, hate speech, violent or explicit content, and misinformation. If classified as such by the algorithm, channels can be deleted without prior notice or correction process, and the restoration process occurs through an appeal.
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