The entire ItsOwen YouTube clickbait controversy involving Technoblade’s passing explained
YouTuber ItsOwen was permanently banned from the platform over the weekend. The content creator, who boasted over 3.5 million subscribers, had his channel terminated following a video he uploaded.
The video featured the thumbnail of immensely popular YouTuber MrBeast, while the title led people to believe it was his final goodbye to Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade. The latter recently passed away after his battle with cancer, announcing his last words to fans in a YouTube video posted on his channel.
With Technoblade's family, friends and fans still mourning, many found the clickbait video posted by ItsOwen to be in extremely poor taste. As he tries to recover his YouTube account, many are upholding and justifying its termination.
ItsOwen is a 19-year-old YouTuber from England who has amassed over 3.5 million subscribers on his channel. His content mainly consists of Fortnite related videos. He had a previous YouTube channel with over 60,000 subscribers that was terminated due to negative behavior such as scamming, clickbaiting and spamming his viewers.
Despite sticking primarily to gaming content on his current channel, he has occasionally returned to clickbaiting viewers, including a fake face reveal of the Minecraft YouTuber Dream. He has been criticized for his clickbait titles and thumbnails and has been accused of trying to ruin the reputation of larger YouTubers to boost his own viewership.
Over the past weekend, it would seem that ItsOwen took his clickbaiting too far. He uploaded a YouTube video titled "MrBeast Final Goodbye to Technoblade," featuring a thumbnail of a somber looking MrBeast.
The video was uploaded a mere few days after Technoblade's passing was announced on his YouTube channel. The news was shared in
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