Some social media users have suggested that YouTube could have taken them down following user complaints, that the original posters of the videos have now removed them themselves, or that they had been forced to remove them under pressure from the authorities. 
Baadhi ya watumiaji wa mitandao ya kijamii wanadhani huenda YouTube imeziondoa kufuatia malalamiko ya baadhi ya watazamaji, ila kwamba walioziweka ndio wameziondoa video hizo, au kwamba zimeondolewa kwa shinikisho kutoka serikalini bado haijulikani.