YouTube Removes Terminally Ill Child’s YouTube Channel, Kraken the Box

By Joshua Waddles

14 Dec 2022

Recently the parents of a child known as “Kori” reached out to several celebrities for help with his YouTube channel, Kraken the Box. Kori has had two heart transplants in his life and is currently in palliative care, which focuses on optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering for those with complex or terminal illnesses.

Kori’s dream was to reach 100,000 YouTube subscribers so he could have a Silver Play Button award. Kori reached this goal after Pirates of the Caribbean Actor Johnny Depp recorded a video for him in character for his channel. Within a few days, Kraken the Box achieved over 150,000 subscribers.

Yet for currently unknown reasons, that channel is no longer available on YouTube.

Twitter’s response was fast and ferocious.

@YouTube @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators
Restore Kraken The Box! https://t.co/h0ZjErTpyD

— Violet Violence (@ManicmAlice) December 15, 2022

Unbelievable youtube terminated kori's kraken the box channel! Wth @youtube really ,why did u terminate his channel what did a dying kid do to deserve termination,are those plaques that precious to you ? If his channel was mass reported for nonsense you'll know who is to blame !

— Melissa Dunkling96%problematic (@MelissaDunkling) December 15, 2022

Wtf @TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators
Taking down Kraken The Box, which was a dying kid's channel! You should be ashamed of yourself. Fix it. pic.twitter.com/Sjx0LymovS

— Witchy Unicorn🦄 (@ChocChipPony) December 14, 2022

You should be ASHAMED of yourselves @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators @youtube for taking down Kori's Kraken the Box channel! It was his DYING WISH to reach 100k subs and get the plaque! He reaches that goal and you respond by TERMINATING his account!? FIX THIS NOW!#JusticeForKori pic.twitter.com/NrfWC1bVym

— Stef The Alter Nerd (@StefAlterNerd) December 14, 2022

This is a developing story and currently there is only speculation on why the channel might have been removed. It is entirely possible the channel was removed by mistake and may be restored soon.

Update: Kraken the Box has been restored. See story here.