Mumbai:
YouTube sensation Carry Minati's (real name: Ajey Nagar) wildly popular "roast" video, entitled YouTube vs TikTok — The End has allegedly been removed by the streaming service, allegedly for violating its ' terms of service'.
Minati's video, in response to a video by TikTok star Amir Siddiqui, racked up a quickfire 7 million views in under a week and caused his subscriber count to double from 8 million to 16 million. It also led to widespread discussions on social media platforms . The video had also become the most liked YouTube video in India with over 6.70 million likes until YouTube India removed it.
This move by YouTube, however, seems to have irked Minati's fans and a bombardment of tweets have caused #CarryMinati and #JusticeForCarry to show up as the two top trends on Twitter, with many demanding Twitter to put it back up online.
Background of the Video:
The ruckus began when TikTok content creator Amir Siddiqui posted a video on IGTV (now deleted) and tagged several popular YouTube content creators. In it, he accused YouTubers of profiting from ideas they've stolen from TikTokers; he compared the YouTube community to a group that only bickers, and claimed the TikTok community is more united and supportive of each other compared to the YouTube users.
Carry Minati, in response, uploaded his now removed 'roast' video in which he put forth his arguments. In it, he responded to Siddiqui's every accusation. The video not only trended on several social media platforms but has become a full-fledged hit.
Post the 'roast' video, Siddiqui was trolled mercilessly. He then went on to say that it's the interval and he'll respond.
Siddiqui, renewing the beef in a video which he posted on YouTube,Crr claimed that he had been harassed on social media and started a trend #AmirAgainstCyberBullying. Although his video received more dislikes than likes, it seems to have done its job, as YouTube, which cites "harassment" as a violation of its policy, took Carry's video down earlier today.