Fake Ads? YouTube Begins Terminating Online Dealership Accounts For Deceptive Advertising

Numerous auto dealerships have seen their YouTube accounts terminated in the past few days, making their online videos inaccessible. But the stores aren’t sure why.

The terminations have had an immediate impact, the stores say.

Some stores created tutorials on topics such as pairing phones to infotainment systems via Bluetooth. For the time being at least, salespeople can no longer refer customers to that content for additional guidance.

MDarringer - 4/11/2017 9:54:33 AM

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The blanket nature of it is indeed odd, but social media like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter tend to overreact when there is an issue. It reeks of the Gestapo tactics that Zuckerberg adores. Perhaps Google has borrowed a page and done likewise.