YouTube channel hacked, suspended or banned
Take back control of your YouTube.
Hacking, suspension, impersonation: our attorneys step in and recover your channel, legally and lastingly. We take the necessary steps with YouTube to help you. From €690 excl. VAT.
Tell us about your situation
Response within 24 hours
What is the role of a lawyer for recovering a YouTube account ?
Recovering a deleted YouTube channel involves an internal appeal under the Community Guidelines, a DSA notice (Article 16 of Regulation 2022/2065) served on Google Ireland Limited and, for copyright strikes, the counter-notice provided by Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2019/790. LCEN summary proceedings may be brought to seek restoration if refused. We act for clients from any country of origin: outside the European Union, the same demand is built on the platform's terms of service, on the law of your place of residence and on the group entity that actually controls the account.
Our commitments
Why choose INFLUXIO.
✓ Independence
We are a fully independent law firm based in Paris and Brussels, serving clients throughout Europe and beyond. Our clients come from France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Middle East, North Africa and many other regions. Our team is rated 4.9/5 by our clients on Google Reviews.
✓ Expertise
We contact Google to recover your suspended, terminated or hacked YouTube channel through a formal legal notice. We then negotiate directly with Google to recover your channel as quickly as possible.
✓ Experience
For several years, we have helped hundreds of people successfully recover their YouTube channels, which proves particularly complex without our support.
✓ Transparency
We take no commission and work exclusively on a fixed-fee basis, with full transparency from the start of the engagement. No additional fees requested.
Client reviews
4.9/5 on GoogleWhat our clients say.
“I had to call on INFLUXIO because my YouTube channel was hacked, and having received no response from the platform, I contacted them for help. They guaranteed they could recover my channel within about a month. Indeed, I recovered my channel just over a month later! Thank you.”
★★★★★ - Cyrielle U.
“INFLUXIO intervened and within 10 days, I was able to recover my channel. I don't have the words to express my gratitude and the respect I have for this lawyer, with whom I always had excellent phone conversations. Thank you.”
★★★★★ - Leila F.
Let's talk about your situation,
within 24 hours.
Book a consultationPricing details
Learn more about our fees.
A single flat fee. From €690 excl. VAT.
Our team, led by Maître Alexandre BIGOT-JOLY and Maître Raphaël MOLINA, has specialized in social media and particularly YouTube for several years.
- ✓Building your case and analyzing your supporting documents
- ✓Drafting the contextualized and legally substantiated formal notice
- ✓Sending and tracking by registered mail to Google
- ✓Exchanges and negotiations directly with Google
- ✓Assistance in guiding you through restoring your channel
The YouTube three-strike system. Understanding the final sanction.
YouTube applies a three-strike system (community strikes) triggering the permanent removal of the channel. Each strike remains active for 90 days and entails progressive restrictions: prohibition on uploading, on live streaming, then termination. Added to this are copyright strikes notified under the DMCA, which follow a separate regime. Our firm identifies the exact classification of each strike to selectively contest those resting on a factual error or abusive flagging.
Monetization and the YouTube Partner Program. Stakes of an AdSense suspension.
A YouTube suspension often entails simultaneous termination of the linked AdSense account and exclusion from the Partner Program, depriving the creator of all advertising revenue. Reinstatement requires a specific argument distinguishing breaches of YouTube rules from those raised by Google AdSense, each entity operating its own review process. Our formal notice covers the entire Google scope to restore the channel, monetization and the associated advertising ecosystem.
Identify the exact ground of suspension before taking action.
Before any contentious step, we ask our clients to retrieve the exact wording of the rule invoked inside YouTube Studio (Content tab, then Policies and Strikes) as well as in the email sent by the YouTube team. That qualification drives the legal argument and the identification of any breach by Google of its statement-of-reasons obligation under Article 17 of the DSA. A vague, generic or contradictory ground already constitutes a usable lever in the formal notice.
The exhibits we ask for to build your case.
To process your case efficiently, we expect dated screenshots of the suspension or termination notification, the URL and channel ID, the full list of community strikes and copyright strikes notified, the targeted videos and any associated Content ID claims, the status of the AdSense account and the YouTube Partner Program enrolment, together with any earlier exchanges with Google. The quality of these exhibits directly drives the speed of review and the evidentiary strength of the formal notice.
Real-world timelines observed by our firm.
Article 20 of the DSA requires diligent and timely handling of internal complaints without setting a fixed time limit. Meta in practice communicates an indicative deadline of around 7 days to respond to an internal complaint, which may be extended in complex cases. In practice, our formal notices addressed to Google reach a decision within an average of about one month. Community strikes (first strike, second strike then termination on the third within a 90-day window) are legally distinct from termination for repeated breaches, the latter requiring denser argumentation and additional legal grounds. These timelines apply in the same way to files outside the European Union, the formal notice then being addressed to the group entity competent for your region.
What to do when your internal appeal has already been rejected.
A rejected appeal through the YouTube Studio form does not close the door to a new remedy. Article 20 of the DSA compels Google to re-examine any complaint presenting new factual elements. Our firm builds an argumentation that differs from your first appeal, exploits statement-of-reasons defects and addresses the formal notice to Google's internal counsel rather than to self-service tools, systematically covering the AdSense and Partner Program perimeter.
Bringing the dispute to court when Google refuses to cooperate.
When the formal notice and out-of-court avenues fail, the firm initiates judicial proceedings. For personal-use channels, we file interim relief proceedings before the Paris Judicial Court on the basis of Article 835 of the French Code of Civil Procedure (manifestly unlawful disturbance) and Article 145 of the same code where in futurum evidentiary measures are needed, with substantive grounds drawn from Articles 9 and 1240 of the French Civil Code, Article 17 of the GDPR and Article 17 of the DSA. For channels operated as economic assets by creators, brands or companies (Partner Program, AdSense, brand deals), we bring the action before the Paris Economic Activities Tribunal (Article L. 721-3 of the French Commercial Code) to obtain reactivation and compensation for business losses, lost advertising revenue, harm to commercial image and termination of contracts with advertisers. Where hacking or impersonation is involved, the firm assists in filing a criminal complaint on the basis of Articles 226-4-1 and 323-1 to 323-7 of the French Criminal Code. For clients established outside the European Union, we assess jurisdiction in light of the platform's terms of service, the client's domicile and the applicable international conventions, working alongside local counsel when the case calls for it.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Google, YouTube's parent company, may decide to suspend or terminate your channel if it detects a violation of its terms of service or community guidelines. However, since its judgment is mostly algorithm-based, errors are frequent. That's where we step in: to make Google see reason and reverse its decision.
Yes. We act for clients from every country of origin.
If you are in the European Union, we rely on the DSA and the GDPR. If you are not, we build the case on the terms of service you accepted, on the consumer and data protection rules of your country of residence, and on the remedies open before the group entity that actually controls the account (Meta Platforms Inc., TikTok Inc., Snap Inc. or Google LLC depending on the service). We work in English or French.
The DSA applies to users located in the European Union. If you live elsewhere, the protection comes from other sources: the contractual commitments contained in the terms of service, the consumer and personal data rules of your own country, and the internal escalation channels of the parent company.
We use those levers the same way, and the results obtained for our clients outside Europe are comparable.
We find that in the overwhelming majority of cases handled by our firm, when it is indeed an error on Google's part during suspension or termination, or in cases of hacking, we succeed in recovering our clients' YouTube channels. Note that we also intervene if your appeal has been previously rejected by Google.
In accordance with our ethical obligation not to index our fees on the outcome, set out in Article 10 of French Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971, no refund can be offered.
Yes, absolutely. We can help by contacting Google directly and their technical teams to recover your hacked channel. We will ensure your channel is secured once and for all after recovery (via phone number and two-factor authentication associated with your account).
Yes. We frequently intervene to contest abusive strikes (copyright infringement warnings) and fraudulent Content ID claims. We send a formal legal notice to Google and, if necessary, initiate a counter-notification procedure compliant with the DMCA, with European law or with the law applicable in your country of residence.
We draft a formal legal notice incorporating your context elements, legally substantiated to maximize our chances of success. Our team then sends the notice directly to Google. Once received, we enter into direct contact with Google's legal and technical teams.
Our fees, from €690 excl. VAT, include: building your case and analyzing your supporting documents, drafting the contextualized and legally substantiated formal notice, sending and tracking by registered mail to Google, exchanges and negotiations directly with Google, assistance in guiding you through restoring your channel. The final fee is confirmed after the first meeting.
From our experience (hundreds of cases), the average time is one month between sending our letter and recovering the YouTube channel.
No, we are a fully independent law firm. We rely on the European regulations and, for clients outside the European Union, on the rules applicable in their own jurisdiction.
A termination presented as permanent by Google is not legally irreversible. As long as the channel and AdSense data remains stored on Google's servers, restoration remains technically possible and legally enforceable when the statement of reasons is deficient under Article 17 of the DSA or when the alleged facts are erroneous.
Article 20 of the DSA requires diligent and timely handling of internal complaints without setting a fixed time limit. In practice, Meta communicates an indicative deadline of around 7 days. In practice, our exchanges with Google result in a decision within an average of about one month after our registered letter is sent.
Losing access to the Gmail recovery address does not close the procedure. We rebuild your digital identity through other probative elements (ID documents, AdSense invoices, Partner Program payment history, screenshots of previously published content) and require Google to carry out an adversarial identity check under the right to rectification of Article 16 of the GDPR.
Yes. When amicable and out-of-court avenues fail, we file interim relief proceedings before the Paris Judicial Court (Articles 835 and 145 of the French Code of Civil Procedure) to obtain reactivation and, where appropriate, compensation for the prejudice suffered.
For YouTube channels operated professionally (Partner Program, AdSense, brand partnerships), the action is brought before the Paris Economic Activities Tribunal to obtain compensation for business losses, lost advertising revenue and harm to commercial image.
When the channel is operated by a registered commercial entity, a brand or a creator carrying on a professional activity, the Paris Economic Activities Tribunal has jurisdiction on the basis of Article L. 721-3 of the French Commercial Code. For a strictly personal-use channel, the Paris Judicial Court remains the court of general jurisdiction, the firm favoring interim relief proceedings to obtain swift reactivation.
Related publications
Our latest publications and media appearances.
In short
INFLUXIO is a law firm based in Paris and Brussels. Has your YouTube channel been hacked, suspended or banned? INFLUXIO Attorneys helps you recover your channel. From €690 excl. VAT. More than 800 clients have already trusted INFLUXIO.
Response within 24 hours.
Written and reviewed by
Partner
Admitted to the Paris Bar and co-founding partner of INFLUXIO, Maître Maria BERRADA combines intellectual property and technology law. A CNIL-registered DPO, she advises AI model providers, deeptech startups, large corporates and institutions on GDPR and AI Act compliance, trademark and design law, and Web3. She previously headed the Intellectual Property and Innovative Industries department of a leading specialist firm and teaches at EFAP.
View full profile →Updated on