Jermel Rameil Daise (born July 6, 1992),[1] better known online as QUANTUM TV, is an American tech YouTuber and reviewer. Despite his content, Quantum TV became infamous for his takes on criticism by false copyright abuse[2][3] and controversial views on the LGBTQ+ community.[4]
Content[]
QUANTUM TV is a tech YouTuber where he does reviews on electronic products such as TVs and also on various media like movies and video games.
- Re on electronic products such as TVs and also digital media such as movies and video games. For the latter two, he often puts "no bullshit" in the title to avoid negative ren TV.
History[]
QUANTUM TV created his channel on August 10, 2017, and upload his first video on June 30, 2018. He reached 50,000 subscribers on August 5, 2021.
Controversy[]
Feud with Mischief[]
In March 2022, Quantum TV posted a video review criticizing the video game Elden Ring. His main complaints surround the game became the subject of critical responses, many seeing the arguments against the game as invalid, the most notorious being "a game that's not for everyone is not a game that should be made".
On March 15, 2022, Mischief made a response video to Quantum TV's review, calling him out for having a "bad take".[5] Mischief then made a video calling out Quantum TV for falsely copyright struck his video for using his footage.[6] He also claims Quantum TV told Elden Ring players to kill themselves. Quantum TV posted and deleted a response to the video claiming Mischief used too much of his video.
On March 16, 2022, lucien0maverick posted an article on WordPress sharing several now-deleted homophobic tweets from Quantum TV, including a comment Quantum TV purportedly made wishing that Naughty Dog, the game company behind the game The Last of Us Part II, were victims of the Orlando's Pulse nightclub shooting for the game's LGBTQ+ themes.[7][8] On March 20, 2022, Mischief posted a video to YouTube showing evidence of Quantum TV's alleged homophobia online, including numerous homophobic tweets and posts on social media, which were later archived by numerous content creators.[9]
Feud with The Act Man[]
On April 10, 2022, The Act Man upload a video titled "The WORST Elden Ring Hot Takes" where he reacts to Quantum TV's review and the copyright strike drama between Quantum and Mischief.
On April 19, 2022, The Act Man tweeted sharing a copyright strike form against his video filed by Quantum TV.[10] On the same day, The Act Man tweeted a message from Quantum TV, implying that he is looking into "other options" to deal with The Act Man's alleged copyright violations.[11] Later that day, The Act Man tweeted their DMs, in which Quantum TV alleges that utilizing his deleted video material from the review constituted piracy.[12]
On April 23, 2022, The Act Man posted a video going over Quantum TV's abuse of the copyright system,[13] citing his back-and-forth with Mischief and his attempts to copyright strike other YouTubers unfairly, including ReviewTechUSA. He also claims that Quantum TV is avoiding a YouTube hate speech restriction, citing homophobic videos and comments posted on social media, including allegedly telling one member of the LGBTQ+ community that they deserve to die. In only two months, the video had over 1.9 million views. Griffin Gaming, a YouTuber, posted a video on April 24 detailing his experience with Quantum TV copyright.[14]
On April 25, 2022, The Act Man tweeted claiming Quantum TV threatened his mother.[15] A day later, Quantum TV uploaded a video where he admits to calling The Act Man's mom and plays his side of the phone call with her.
In May 2022, The Act Man was allegedly in talks with YouTube representatives about taking action against Quantum TV's channel for his homophobic and problematic remarks and videos, as well as abuse of YouTube's copyright systems. On May 3, 2022, he tweeted, "I am still in talks with YouTube about the Quantum TV business. Hope to give you all a status update by the end of this week."[16] On May 5, The Act Man posted a video to Twitter saying he was gathering all evidence of Quantum TV's problematic behavior to hand over to YouTube, and he asked viewers to send him any evidence they had.[17]
On May 31, 2022, Quantum TV posted a video sharing a message from YouTube claiming Quantum TV did not violate TOS or community guidelines and that no action would be taken against his channel.[18] Quantum TV claims in the video that he disavowed previous homophobic remarks and that some of them were allegedly made due to a hack, as well as admitting to contacting The Act Man's mother but denying doxxing her. On June 2nd, he posted another video on the subject, claiming that The Act Man doesn't understand copyright infringement.[19]
YouTube's Response[]
On June 8, 2022, The Act Man posted a 50-minute-long video titled "The Dark Age Of Youtube" about YouTube finding Quantum TV innocent. In the video, he exposes Quantum TV for previous hateful behavior and reiterates previous hateful behavior.[20] The Act Man tweeted on June 7, "The Dark Age of YouTube has recently been removed from YouTube. I'm fucking shaken ".[21]
The next day, The Act Man tweeted, saying that he will be removed from the partner program.[22] On the same day, The Act Man's channel got demonetized.[23] YouTube responded to the tweet by stating that he had been removed for "threatening to dox the families of YouTube employees and creators."[24]
On June 10, The Act Man tweeted a screenshot of a now-deleted tweet in which he jokes about making a new series of videos in which he doxxes YouTube employees, alluding to how Quantum TV attempted to dox his family.[25] Mischief then posted a video encouraging viewers to use the hashtag #JusticeForActMan in defense of the YouTuber.[26]
Arrest[]
On April 23, 2023, Florida public records were released like they regularly are in the state and one of the records was an arrest for Quantum that was dated April 14, 2023. A tweet about the release went viral the same day as it essentially confirms that he had a history of domestic abuse towards his wife. Alongside domestic abuse he was also charged with obstructing justice due to forcibly taking his wife's smartphone to prevent her from calling the police and from accessing her bank account. Quantum is not currently in prison as he is out on bond.[27]
Gallery[]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 10,000 subscribers: January 14, 2019
- 20,000 subscribers: November 27, 2019
- 30,000 subscribers: August 29, 2020
- 40,000 subscribers: December 9, 2020
- 50,000 subscribers: August 5, 2021
- 60,000 subscribers: January 8, 2022
References[]
- ↑ JERMEL DAISE 04/14/2023. Mugshots Zone (April 14, 2023).
- ↑ This YouTuber Keeps Abusing The Copyright System... by SomeOrdinaryGamers. YouTube. Apr 20, 2022.
- ↑ Copyright Abuse on YouTube - Featuring Quantum TV by The Act Man. YouTube. 23 April 2022.
- ↑ Sahoo, Rajalaxmi. "Is Quantum TV Arrested? Who is Youtuber Quantum TV? Why was Quantum TV Arrested?", April 25, 2023. Retrieved on August 27, 2023.
- ↑ https://youtu.be/tUU60ZFVbFw
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Kg8u6FbrmVo
- ↑ Quantum Tv: A Narcissists Road to Arrest by Joon The King. YouTube. 26 August 2023.
- ↑ https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/discovering-when-someone-is-a-foul-person-the-strangeness-of-quantum-tv/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/8Z0wwF5QlDY
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1516233275643027462
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1516474998403174407
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1516541644606038016
- ↑ https://youtu.be/k1OWLq2dO2c
- ↑ https://youtu.be/GdU-9XSKGVk
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1518660188617641984
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1521521125963931648
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1522337691685195776
- ↑ https://youtu.be/IMNnSRV8jNI
- ↑ https://youtu.be/MzQypDqcBhY
- ↑ https://youtu.be/MLiTSU4schE
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1534301853596282880
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1534592484939948037
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1534648758780035072
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1534952784793149441
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1534954533536735232
- ↑ https://youtu.be/X1p9MLwCCpk
- ↑ https://twitter.com/rambotweety1/status/1650334492043640835