Channels Screen Culture and HK Studio have been banned from YouTube for violations to the platforms spam and metadata policies.
Two large YouTube channels that primarily published bootleg AI movie trailers have been banned.
Screen Culture and HK Studio have been deplatformed for violating YouTube’s policies about spam and metadata accuracy.
Together, videos by the two channels had been viewed more than a billion times.
Plenty of AI content has found a home on YouTube: fire up a fresh account, and you’ll be seeing gen-AI videos within just a few rounds of recommendations. AI video in general is allowed on YouTube, of course, but some of it does run afoul of YouTube’s policies — and now, two major offenders have been booted from the platform.
