YouTube has removed two popular channels that created AI-generated movie trailers. The platform determined the channels broke its rules against spam and deceptive content.
YouTube channels Screen Culture and KH Studio, which together had over two million subscribers and more than a billion views, have been removed. Now, anyone visiting those pages sees a message saying the content isn’t available and suggests searching for something different.
This decision comes after growing concerns about fake movie trailers appearing on YouTube. These trailers have become more common with the rise of AI technology, making it harder to tell the difference between trailers made by studios and those created by fans.
YouTube cites misleading metadata and repeat violations
So, I heard from Deadline that YouTube shut down Screen Culture and KH Studio. Apparently, they started doing stuff that broke YouTube’s rules about spam and messing with video descriptions – basically, they were trying to game the system, and YouTube wasn’t having it. It led to their channels getting completely taken down.
Earlier this year, YouTube stopped showing ads on some channels after a report revealed they were using AI to create trailers. Ads were brought back when the creators labeled their videos as things like “fan trailers,” “parodies,” or “concept trailers.” However, those labels have since been removed, causing worry among people who make fan trailers.
Screen Culture is located in India, and KH Studio is based in Georgia. Both were contacted for their thoughts on the matter.
Deadline reports that Screen Culture often creates trailers for movies that haven’t been officially announced by blending real studio footage with images created using artificial intelligence. This practice frequently tricked viewers into thinking the trailers were official releases.
Nikhil P. Chaudhari, the founder of Screen Culture, explained to Deadline that his team of about twelve editors deliberately used YouTube’s system to their advantage. They did this by posting trailers ahead of time and quickly creating many different versions.
By March, the YouTube channel had posted 23 different versions of the trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and surprisingly, some of these versions appeared higher in search results than the official trailer. They used similar strategies for promoting other upcoming shows, like the new Harry Potter series on HBO and Wednesday on Netflix.
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2025-12-20 00:19