YouTube’s automatic content filtering is facing criticism once more, this time because a creator was suspended after including their business email address in the description of a video.
Creators are increasingly concerned that AI-powered moderation is becoming overly strict and unpredictable on the platform as 2025 ends.
Popular tech YouTuber Enderman reported that several channels, each with a large following of hundreds of thousands of subscribers, were unexpectedly removed. He believes these removals were caused by automatic systems operating without any human review.
A video from SpooknJukes was flagged by YouTube as “graphic content” because of his laugh, leading to restrictions. The video only started earning full ad revenue after the laugh was taken out.
Elsewhere, YouTube’s AI even shut down a livestream after mistaking a microphone for a firearm.
YouTuber Boxel is now criticizing the platform, claiming their channel was shut down due to an email mentioned in their video description.
YouTuber says platform’s AI banned channel because of their email
After being banned for more than 30 days, Boxel shared a series of posts explaining what they believe led to their account being terminated.
I was accused of sending viewers to a different website, but that’s not true. I believe YouTube’s automated system incorrectly identified my business email address as a website address.
My YouTube channel was wrongly taken down, likely due to an AI moderation error. I believe including my email address in the description triggered the ban, but this doesn’t violate YouTube’s policies. YouTube claims my email redirects users to another site, which isn’t true, and I’m still banned. I’m asking why this happened.
— Boxel (@Rahimkhan_id) December 16, 2025
YouTube sent an email stating that Boxel’s account was removed because it broke their rules against spam. Specifically, Boxel appeared to have been promising viewers one thing in a video and then sending them to a different website.
The creator believes YouTube’s AI mistakenly flagged their channel, leading to its removal. They explained that including an email address in the video description doesn’t violate YouTube’s rules, and the platform incorrectly identified the email as linking to a harmful external site.
Boxel continued to accuse YouTube’s AI of not knowing the difference between an email and a link.
They protested, “Please correct this error! My email address isn’t harmful or against the rules! Just because it has a ‘.com’ at the end doesn’t automatically make it a link – it’s simply my personal email address.”
Hi YouTube team, there seems to be an error with my video. My email address in the description is being flagged, but it’s a legitimate email and not spam. The system seems to be incorrectly identifying it as a link simply because it includes ‘.com’. I shouldn’t be penalized, especially if this is due to an automated error. Please investigate and correct this issue.
— Boxel (@Rahimkhan_id) December 16, 2025
YouTube’s artificial intelligence has made mistakes before – it once identified a microphone as a gun and misinterpreted laughter as something disturbing. So, this kind of error isn’t surprising.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, hasn’t responded to the creator’s claims, but they’re one of many users impacted by the recent wave of account bans on the platform.
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