“Dear YouTube, safety isn't derived from censoring content and information,” the police department tweeted. “It’s the product of a free society that adheres to the rule of law.”

Nearly 3 million Asian Americans have experienced a hate incident since the beginning of 2021, suggests a new survey from AAPI Data. That estimate is significantly larger than the number of documented cases across police departments in major cities, suggesting that underreporting remains an issue.

Under YouTube’s Community Guidelines, channels that violate their policy receive a warning after the first time, while subsequent violations receive “strikes.” A channel can incur a maximum of three strikes within a 90-day period before it is permanently removed. It’s unclear whether the Yonkers police’s channel has received strikes in the past.

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