AlexCraft

My channel was demonetized again, after having my monetization reinstated thanks to a manual review and the publicity on Twitter. The manual review by YouTube moderators had confirmed that I had no issues with the policies on my channel, and it was finally returned to me two days ago; according to the information I received, a senior YouTube moderator had appealed on my behalf. But today, the monetization was revoked again, and for the same reason: "harmful or dangerous content involving minors." This was done by the flawed AI, which once again flagged my channel - youtube.com/@CraftologiaESP. I create Minecraft content and hadn't even released a new video since my YouTube Partner Program (YPP) was re-approved. I hope you will support my fight against YouTube's aggressive AI and that justice will prevail. I urge the senior technical support team to address this issue, as it is becoming a matter of principle for content creators' very existence. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeInsider @YouTubeCreators

Hundreds of YouTube Creators Face Off Against Rampant AI Bot Mass-Demonetizing Channels @YouTube content creators are facing a formidable automated system that is demonetizing channels en masse, stripping them of the ability to earn revenue. The targets appear to be channels focused on gaming and animation. The AI algorithm flags them as severe policy violators, abruptly revoking their monetization privileges. This happens even to channels with a clean record and no prior strikes. This large-scale glitch seems to occur because the algorithm mistakenly classifies content as "spammy, bot-made content made for kids." But everyone understands that's not the case. Even if you poured your soul into your videos, the bot won't leave you alone. The funniest part is that you can only submit a text appeal, which is reviewed by... a robot. And your appeal will be answered by a robot too, so with a 99.9% probability it will be rejected. The outcome feels completely random, like a coin toss. I have examples of my channels being demonetized after 3 years of hard work, while other creators with identical content and even similar titles continue to have their monetization intact. After demonetization, YouTube withholds the creators' unpaid revenue, claiming it is returned to advertisers. And if you think maybe I'm doing something wrong, the evidence says otherwise. It's literally a 50/50 chance. Four of my channels were demonetized, while four others with similar content in other languages kept their earning ability. The craziest recent example is my acquaintance's Minecraft channel. He uploaded 3 videos, got reviewed and approved for monetization. He was inactive after approval, and a month later the bot demonetized him for the same reason as me: "harmful content involving minors." YouTube has always improved its AI moderation because manually checking billions of hours of content is impossible. But this has spawned a new problem for honest creators. In essence, we are witnessing for the first time in history an artificial intelligence going haywire and depriving people of their ability to earn income. I think Google's engineers really need to put safeguards on their neural network, or it will just keep punishing everyone indiscriminately. And by the way, this problem is still not solved.

I want to create a mass appeal from creators to @TeamYouTube Since the beginning of summer, there has been a wave of automatic demonetizations of original, SAFE channels due to "Harmful Content for kids." As far as I know, everyone affected is unable to successfully appeal because the responses they receive, both on Twitter and via email, are also from an AI algorithm. I call on affected creators to post links to their channels here and cry out to YouTube for help. The only one who has managed to solve this problem is @KotteAnimation , but his case gained significant traction, while some creators simply do not use Twitter. I ask everyone to unite here. Our goal is to make the YouTube moderation team notice this bug, as it is depriving us of our income. Please leave the following information about your channel under my post so we can help each other and assist the moderation team in resolving the issue. 1. Your URL channel 2. Date of demonetization 3. Type of your content Detailed information on what is happening is provided below. An AI Specialist is MASS demonetizing harmless channels for "Harmful or dangerous content for kids." Some authors note that their content is not made for children at all, and they even specify this in their video settings. Animation channels, Roblox channels, Minecraft channels, gaming Horror channels, and even video reactions to Horror content are suffering. After submitting an appeal via email, 100% of channels will not be remonetized because they are also reviewed by an AI specialist. The responses assure you that a real person is checking your channel, but even the support specialist answering your emails fails the Turing test. It is likely also a neural network. Therefore, you will not be able to save your channel. Not only are you demonetized by mistake, but your accrued revenue is also being deducted from your AdSense in favor of YouTube, essentially due to a robot's error. Personally, I have lost about 4 channels in different languages, some of which I had been running for several years without any monetization issues. I never even received a single yellow icon. Some channels using the EXACT SAME content theme as yours, with the EXACT SAME metadata, are NOT receiving similar punishment from YouTube and continue to monetize their content. Essentially, your channel's fate is being decided by a coin toss due to neural network failures. Out of my 8 channels, only 4 are currently monetized, and their number is decreasing every month. Why are channels being checked by a robot? Where is the proof? The latest wave of demonetizations happened at the exact same minute. My channel and the channel of an acquaintance were demonetized at the identical minute, which clearly indicates a non human review. In the appeal, they will not specify what is wrong with your channel because you were simply checked by a robot. It references confidential data and sends you a standard link to the guidelines. They will not even show you which specific videos violated the rules, which clearly demonstrates that the robot has no idea why it selected you. Even if my monetization is reinstated, I want this error to be fixed. So far, only one person has managed to get their monetization back, but the core issue was ignored, and the robot continues to mass remove people from the YouTube Partnership! The most likely way to solve this problem is through mass publicity, like this post. Promote it🤝