Google put out a statement today that they will be deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years beginning this December:
This is a disaster for preservation of history. Millions of YouTube videos from the earliest days of the website's creation are going to be wiped from the face of the Earth with no way to recover them.
EDIT: Google has updated the blog post to include the line:
The line quoted above has been changed to read:
View: https://twitter.com/YouTubeLiaison/status/1658992559258206208?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/YouTubeLiaison/status/1658829489466384387?s=20
Updating our inactive account policies
Starting later this year, we are updating our inactivity policy for Google Accounts to 2 years across our products.
www.blog.google
Starting later this year, if a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least 2 years, we may delete the account and its contents – including content within Google Workspace (Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar), YouTube and Google Photos.
This is a disaster for preservation of history. Millions of YouTube videos from the earliest days of the website's creation are going to be wiped from the face of the Earth with no way to recover them.
EDIT: Google has updated the blog post to include the line:
Additionally, we do not have plans to delete accounts with YouTube videos at this time.
The line quoted above has been changed to read:
Starting later this year, if a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least 2 years, we may delete the account and its contents – including content within Google Workspace (Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar) and Google Photos.
View: https://twitter.com/YouTubeLiaison/status/1658992559258206208?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/YouTubeLiaison/status/1658829489466384387?s=20
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