YouTube‘s artificial intelligence moderation system is facing criticism from many creators. Recently, a streamer had their content demonetized for an unusual reason: the AI flagged their laughter as a violation of the platform’s policies.
Towards the end of 2025, many creators began expressing concerns about a surge in mistakes made by AI-powered content moderation systems.
Tech creator Enderman reported that numerous channels, some with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, were suddenly removed. He believes these decisions were made solely by automated systems, without any human review.
A recent incident on YouTube highlighted concerns about unfair penalties when the platform lifted a ban on a creator who was punished for a comment made on a different account when they were 13. This raised questions about whether old data and automatic systems are sometimes incorrectly flagging content.
A Pokémon YouTuber was unfairly banned by an automated system while another channel was actively copying their videos. The ban was eventually reversed after the issue gained public attention.
Twitch streamer SpooknJukes, who loves horror games, is upset with YouTube. They restricted his recent Dead By Daylight video because a clip of him laughing was considered “graphic content.”
My recent video – a collection of stream highlights – was flagged as having “violent graphic content” and age-restricted. The flagged moment? Apparently, a close-up of me laughing! I appealed the decision, but the automated system immediately rejected it. Seriously, @YouTube and @YouTubeCreators, this is frustrating.
— SpooknJukes (@SpooknJukes) December 9, 2025
YouTuber slams AI moderation as a “pathetic dumpster fire”
On December 9th, YouTuber SpooknJukes noticed that a portion of one of his videos – specifically, a close-up of him laughing – was mistakenly flagged by YouTube as “violent graphic content.”
The controversial part of the video involved footage of the creator playing Dead By Daylight, specifically a moment where he was laughing.
“I tried to appeal but the automated system instantly declined it,” he explained.
So, I watched the streamer’s video about what happened, and he totally ripped into the auto-mod system. He said it was seriously messed up and just didn’t work right.
To say it has problems is a massive understatement. It’s a complete disaster, especially considering YouTube’s enormous value of $500 billion.
SpooknJukes initially thought YouTube had made an error, sending him a false flag for graphic content related to the game Dead By Daylight, which often features violent scenes.
The YouTuber tested this by editing the short clip of him laughing. Within half an hour, the issue was resolved, and the video was fully monetized again.
I’m serious – I removed the clip of me laughing from my YouTube video, and now it’s fully monetized again. Seriously, YouTube and YouTube Creators, with a value of $500 billion, this is ridiculous!
— SpooknJukes (@SpooknJukes) December 9, 2025
He strongly urged them to fix the problem. He was appalled that their automated system was so flawed and that they weren’t even bothering to have a person review appeals. Instead, the system automatically rejected all appeals from content creators.
The streamer wondered why the platform even offered appeals, implying they were simply a way to mislead creators into thinking their cases could be reviewed.
SpooknJukes isn’t the only content creator criticizing YouTube. Most notably, MoistCr1TiKaL publicly disagreed with the platform’s increasing reliance on AI for content moderation, especially after YouTube CEO Neal Mohan explained his support for it.
Despite creators voicing strong opposition, the CEO of YouTube remains committed to increasing the use of AI to moderate content.
Mohan explained that AI will improve our ability to find and remove content that breaks the rules, making the process more accurate and able to handle a larger volume of content.
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