People familiar with the matter revealed that the US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether the suspension of user accounts by Alphabet's YouTube violates consumer protection laws, and has now entered the final stage of preparing potential lawsuits. People familiar with the matter, who did not wish to be named because the investigation has not been made public, said that the FTC has investigated YouTube since last year, focusing on whether the platform violates its user policies when blocking accounts or reducing the exposure of content. Investigators are also reviewing whether YouTube's content policies may have misled users to sign up for the service. Some users may think they can post certain content based on relevant policies, but the relevant content was then deleted and accounts suspended.

People familiar with the matter revealed that the US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether the suspension of user accounts by Alphabet's YouTube violates consumer protection laws, and has now entered the final stage of preparing potential lawsuits. People familiar with the matter, who did not wish to be named because the investigation has not been made public, said that the FTC has investigated YouTube since last year, focusing on whether the platform violates its user policies when blocking accounts or reducing the exposure of content. Investigators are also reviewing whether YouTube's content policies may have misled users to sign up for the service. Some users may think they can post certain content based on relevant policies, but the relevant content was then deleted and accounts suspended.