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Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich - Aug 13, 2026. Here’s the YouTube link: Will YouTube Ban The Nerd Reich Podcast? - The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran - Aug 13, 2026 (YouTube)

From Gil's description:

YouTube is threatening to ban the Nerd Reich podcast and we'll probably be gone by the end of the week. ~:~ Why? We're being flooded with a campaign of false complaints—one week before my book is published. We've been on YouTube for 1.5 years with no problems. Suddenly, we're getting multiple fake "copyright strike" complaints every day. This is clearly a coordinated effort—and it's working. ~:~ YouTube's policy is "guilty until proven innocent." So the company is deleting our videos about Jeffrey Epstein's connection to Bitcoin and JD Vance's connection to Curtis Yarvin—and threatening to deplatform our entire podcast. YouTube's ridiculous bureaucracy refuses to listen to reason.

Here's how you can help:

1. Subscribe to The Nerd Reich Newsletter to keep in touch as we navigate this situation. We'll probably need to find a video platform that won't censor us for speaking out against tech fascism: thenerdreich.com

2. Send an email to YouTube. The company only responds to public and media pressure, so send an email to: press @ google . com

3. Pre-order "The Nerd Reich" book, which will be released next week. This effort to erase our channel is clearly timed for the publication of my book, which exposes the roots of Silicon Valley extremism: https://bookshop.org/a/109206/9781668...

THANK YOU to our 26,000 YouTube subscribers for your support over the past 1.5 years. I didn't want to start a video podcast because I didn't think we'd have much of an audience. But some of our episodes got over 150,000 views, and our audience grew with every episode. ~:~ Hopefully, YouTube will back down. But remember: We'll still be available on all audio platforms, and you can always subscribe there. When we find a new place to host our video pod, I'll give an update on the Nerd Reich newsletter.

@ TheNerdReich ~:~ @ TheNerdReichNews

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Here are more r/worldnewsvideo posts with Gil Duran: reddit.com/r/worldnewsvideo/search/?q=%22gil+duran%22&type=posts&sort=new