Video summary
The speaker describes a severe crisis where YouTube's automated systems falsely targeted him and hundreds of other anime reaction channels with mass copyright strikes and demonetization. Initially, he believed his channel was safe because it only received 13 strikes compared to others that faced termination, but the situation escalated when his AdSense account was rejected due to alleged "misleading family content" issues. This specific accusation arose despite the creator explicitly marking his videos as not made for children and showing his face in mature content, leading to a complete loss of revenue for both of his channels which are linked to the same payment account. The speaker expresses deep frustration that resolving these false flags required his video about the issue to go viral with millions of views before YouTube would even acknowledge the problem or reverse the decisions.
The core argument presented is that YouTube's AI algorithms are flawed and disproportionately affecting creators in the animation and anime niches, often flagging innocent content as inappropriate for families simply because it features characters like Bugs Bunny or SpongeBob. The speaker highlights the absurdity of the platform's response, noting that even when he provided proof of false claims—such as a video titled with the word "bleach" being wrongly flagged against a cleaning product—he received no help from human reviewers. Instead, YouTube only responded after public pressure mounted, offering generic articles rather than direct assistance, which the creator compares to wrestling Hulk Hogan for approval. He points out that many other large channels have suffered similar fates, with some receiving plaques while their channels were simultaneously taken down by the same automated system.
Beyond the technical failures, the video emphasizes the devastating human impact of these policies on creators who rely on YouTube as their primary source of income to support their families. The speaker shares personal details about his struggles, including sleepless nights and mental exhaustion, while criticizing Google's massive revenue generation against the backdrop of creators being treated like "peasants" with no direct line to a human being. He argues that the lack of transparency and the inability to contact real people for appeals is essentially torture for those whose livelihoods are at stake, especially given that Alphabet generated hundreds of billions in revenue while these individuals face existential threats to their careers. The narrative concludes with a threat of legal action if his channel is not remonetized by a specific date, as he refuses to accept the current treatment and demands respect and a fair review process from the platform.
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You thought it was over, huh? Nothing is
over. It only got worse. As you can see
over here, I went to war with YouTube
for the past 12 days. It all started
with my channel will be deleted in 7
days. Dear YouTube. And then my channel
will be deleted today, which was the one
that kind of went viral. And yes, I used
those channels in the thumbnail as
clickbait. [ __ ] deal with it. By the
way, I just want to say one channel
specifically in that picture still
hasn't said a single thing about this
entire situation. It's not Flexi Jay.
It's not Rice and Ginger. And it's not
your boy Roshi, it's someone else. But
maybe I'll save that for another time.
Hundreds of reaction channels, mostly if
not all, were in the anime niche. They
were all targeted with mass false
copyright strike takedowns by an AI.
Some channels getting hundreds of
strikes. Others getting lucky like
myself only getting 13 strikes. Yeah,
guys, only 13. You know what that's
like? Saying, "A nuke didn't destroy my
city. It only destroyed my town." No big
deal. We'll be fine. And for those that
still don't notice, all you need is
three strikes and you're out. But
because my video over here went viral,
1.4 million views, massive channels like
Moist Critical picking it up, it's safe
to say for now the reaction channels are
fine. Whether you like it or not,
everybody that got a strike, it was
removed or it will be removed. Remember
this channel right here, Rice and
Ginger? Their channel was supposed to be
terminated, but because the whole
situation got viral and I made a video
about it, they're back to uploading as
if nothing happened. With all of these
wins, I was ready to run through my
house butt ass naked, my balls bouncing
all over the place with sparklers in my
mouth. And then I get a lovely email
saying this. Your AdSense account wasn't
approved. You need to fix some issues
before you can use AdSense. Oh, I'll
give you something to fix. So, you know
what that means, guys? Nicholas Light
TV. I'm no longer monetized on this
platform for both of my channels. So,
let me take you back for a little bit to
give you the context of the situation
and why it might have happened or why I
initially thought it happened when this
whole false copyright strike situation
was happening. I'm not going to lie,
guys. Believe it or not, I was
panicking. Who wouldn't? I have two
channels both connected to the same
AdSense account. And if you don't know
what AdSense is, it's how YouTubers get
paid. It's how we run ads on our videos.
So if one channel goes down, they both
go down. And my channel, Nicholas Dark
TV, was the channel with 13 strikes. If
that channel got terminated, Nicholas
Light TV, the channel you're watching
this on right now, would be gone, too.
So in a panic, I unlin AdSense account
from Nicholas Light TV. I wanted to
create a new one, a separate one that's
not linked to my other channel. Let's
just say I wish I could go back in time,
smash that [ __ ] laptop in half that I
was using and smack myself in the face
with my own [ __ ] because oh boy, what do
you know? This process is near
impossible. You would have a better
chance wrestling Hulk Hogan tonight than
getting approved for this process. I
waited a week for this process just to
get this email saying I wasn't approved.
Oh, and by the way, YouTube wasn't
really replying to me to help me with
the situation. You know what they were
doing? They were sending me articles.
How about you tell me what the [ __ ]
problem is? Anyways, with all that
aside, I originally thought it was
because I had duplicate AdSense
accounts, but I WAS TOLD LATER ON, a
week later, that if that was the
problem, they would have told me. So,
you know what I did before I learned
that information through chat GPT? I
deleted my other AdSense account on my
second channel. I said, you know what?
I'm just going to put both channels on
this new AdSense. There's only one
AdSense with my name now. Let's just use
this new one. Let's just start over.
Whatever. If one channel gets
terminated, both get terminated. Well, I
just want I just want to get paid. So,
now both accounts got rejected. Right
now, I'm not earning any money on any of
my content. There are no ads on my
videos. And by the way, this is my job
if you did not know that. Still, to this
day, right now, as I'm making this
video, 8:00 a.m. on September 13th,
2026, I have still not been helped. It's
been almost 2 weeks. You know why?
Because I'm not Mr. Beast. There is no
direct contact with this [ __ ]
platform. You'd have a better chance
getting in contact with Jesus Christ
himself. Getting him to collab with you
on a video than talking to a real person
that can actually help on YouTube. And
when you finally get a response from
YouTube 24 hours later, nothing they say
helps. Unironically, y'all are not going
to believe this. Chad GPT helps me out
more with these problems than YouTube
themselves. And what do you know? I'm
not the only one going through this. I
want you to take a look at this channel
right over here. Tommy NFG with a banner
that says Tommy is fine. Tommy is not
fine. Almost 900,000 subscribers. And if
you look right here, he's been making
content for almost 10 years. Come on,
guys. Play this game with me. What do
you think happened to good old Tommy?
YouTube's AI is targeting me. I HAVE
PROOF. OH, WOW. WHAT IS THAT IN THE
BACKGROUND? YouTube sent him a plaque
while they're using AI to take down his
channel. It's almost as if they don't
know what the [ __ ] they're doing. Huh?
[sighs]
Ladies and gentlemen, my channel has
been fully demonetized and has lost all
monetization [music] status. And out of
all days to do it, you do it on 9/11.
YouTube
>> on 9/11. Well, that makes sense when
this guy over here is monetized. Well,
what do you know? YouTube's AI is back
at it again, baby. Like [ __ ] Team
Rocket. You just can't get rid of it.
YouTube's AI decided to completely
demonetize my main channel for
misleading family content. My videos
have never been put as made for kids,
nor do I advertise my channel as such.
I've seen this happen with animation
channels before, but I literally show my
face in my videos. I've had my channel
for over 9 years, and I've rarely even
had age restrictions or videos take
down. So, I just want to note this real
quick. This channel played by all the
rules. Never got detention, A+ 100s on
every test student, and he's still
dealing with this [ __ ] [ __ ]
What's odd about this is I've even had
partner managers in the past I've
communicated with. I've met partner
managers in real life at creator cons
and events. Wow. So, there's actual
human beings that work there. My channel
clearly does not advertise to young
miners intentionally or unintentionally
for sexual content or violence. I am
asking YouTube to please have a human
review [laughter]
human reviewer. Come on, bro. Check this
clear false demonetization. And oh,
wait, wait a minute. LOOK, YOUTUBE
RESPONDED. OH [ __ ] OH MY GOSH. WOW.
GOLLY, they're going to help little
Tommy over here. If you think your
channel was removed from the YouTube
partner program by mistake, you could
check the earn tab in YouTube Studio and
follow the instructions on how to
appeal. That's like saying if you want
to go outside, go outside. Totally
understand how important it is to get
your monetization back up and running.
You don't understand, [ __ ] You could
find more info here article. You could
take that article and shove it up your
[ __ ] ass. So, as you can see right
here, Tommy links this picture. Your
channel is not currently able to earn.
And it actually gave him a reason,
believe it or not. misleading family
content. So, you know when you upload a
video, you have to click a bunch of
boxes and do a bunch of [ __ ] in
order to get that video up. There's a
setting you're hit with right away that
asks you if your content is made for
kids or it's not made for kids. Me,
Tommy, most likely all of the channels
watching this, we all have that no box
checked. Meaning, our content is not
specifically made for children. When you
get demonetized or taken down for
misleading family content, it doesn't
make any [ __ ] sense whatsoever.
Content that targets young minors and
families, but contains sexual themes,
violence, obscene, or other mature
themes not suitable for young audiences,
is not allowed on YouTube. In addition
to your titles, description, and tags,
ensure your audience selection matches
the audience your content is suitable
for. They're telling you if you want to
avoid that whole misleading family
content tag. If you want to avoid
demonetization, make sure you mark your
video as such. But it LOOKS LIKE THAT'S
NOT ENOUGH because YouTube's AI
recognizes this channel and many other
animation, anime, cartoon channels.
YouTube sees Bugs Bunny over here,
Spongebob. They think this is all goooo
gaga [ __ ] and their AI system
automatically flags it, which makes no
sense at all because none of this
content was marked for children. And if
you clicked on any of these videos and
actually watch the content like
YouTube's terms of service requires you
to do in order to demonetize a channel
or to take down a video, you would see
that this is all mature content and it
wasn't marked for kids. This is why it
was like pulling teeth trying to get a
response from YouTube to help all of the
reaction channels out. For us, an AI
system was taking down all of our videos
just because the word bleach was in the
title. It took down a disc cleaner
website named Bleach Bit. It took down a
Clorox video on YouTube. And guess what?
When we showed proof of this, YouTube
still agreed with the claimant and said
the strikes were valid. But because my
video went viral, they had no other
choice but to fix the [ __ ] problem.
So why would this situation be any
different when they're using an AI
system to take down channels themselves?
I wouldn't be surprised if they hired
Eric Green from Remove Your Media
themselves. MAKE HIM THE [ __ ] CEO at
this point. You see this guy right here?
That's the CEO of YouTube. I bet he's
not even a REAL PERSON. HEY, GROCK, MAKE
A [ __ ] IDIOT. And there you go. You
got the CEO of YouTube. Wait a minute.
You thought it stopped there? Look at
this tweet that was sent out on August
8th. YouTube AI is demonetizing
animators, anime content creators, and
more.
[music]
>> [music]
>> These are just channels that I found
within 10 minutes of research that got
taken down because of this AI system.
Olamasama, which makes videos similar to
Tommy. His channel got demonetized. I
would appreciate any repost, likes,
shares, or anything really. I'm tired of
tweeting about this stuff. Team YouTube,
I am still requesting a human to review
my channel manually. My channel does not
fall under misleading family content.
So, as you can see, he got his channel
demonetized for the same reason Tommy
got demonetized. Misleading family
content when he checks the box saying,
"No, this is not for kids." Oh, but
guess what? He only has 124 likes on his
tweet. And this was tweeted almost a
month ago. Yeah, YouTube doesn't give a
[ __ ] You [ __ ] peasant. This channel
right here with almost 900,000
subscribers, too. Codeame super.
YouTube's AI system continues to
mishandle my appeal. They are
objectively incorrect. Proof. Since
September 2nd, this guy was tweeting out
all of his problems with YouTube, not
helping him at all. And what do you see
right there? Misleading family content.
YouTube not responding or helping him
out whatso [ __ ] ever. Day five and I
still never got my appeal review
feedback through Studio and I can keep
applying. There's no way I'm getting an
actual human. We are officially on day
seven. Video up. Hopefully, we can get a
human over at YouTube to look at this in
its entirety. Yeah, YouTube. You know,
the creators that you're sending your
100,000 subscriber plaques to, maybe you
should have a human help him out. Over a
week passed and guess what? I got news
today. Someone at YouTube finally has
probably reviewed my channel and I've
gotten remonetized. Wow. It only took
almost 10 [ __ ] days. It's almost as
if it was all [ __ ] to begin with.
And by the way, like I said, these were
only a few channels that I found in 10
minutes. If you search the word
demonetized or YouTube AI, it's like an
endless list of channels that were
affected by this [ __ ] I got to take
this hoodie off for what I'm about to
say. [ __ ] sweating dick in this room,
man. So, just like my viral video was a
call to action to YouTube and we
actually saw some change. This video is
a call to action to YouTube. Respect
your creators. When we have a problem,
you need to give us a direct line of
contact with a human reviewer. We
shouldn't have to make a viral [ __ ]
video for you to fix our issues. What
about the videos or the tweets with two
likes? I Googled how much Google makes
and what do you know? Google gave me an
AI overview. In the most recent full
fiscal year, Google's parent company,
Alphabet, GENERATED A HISTORIC 402
BILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE. Hey YouTube,
guess what? A lot of my haters, they
need jobs. How about you hire them? Hire
more people. I don't know if you
noticed, but YouTube for many of us is
our job. It's how we take care of our
families. You have a YouTuber over here
named Darnell Bradley. He has a
six-year-old son and you can't even give
him the [ __ ] respect to give him a
human review when this is his life. This
is his channel. This is his job. This is
how he feeds his six-year-old son. This
is evil. It's demonic. It's wrong.
You're just waiting for the day creators
start showing up at your doorstep at
your headquarters. But I bet if we all
showed up, it would look like this
[ __ ] picture. Either that or a
[ __ ] Walmart parking lot. If you
know, you know. You know what? Google AI
also tells me YouTube has approximately
26,500
employees worldwide. Well, I know that's
a [ __ ] lie. You know what YouTube
feels like? Game of Thrones. We're
living in flea bottom. We are the pores.
YouTube, they're in the [ __ ] castle.
They don't give a damn what happens on
the outside. We shouldn't have to wait
and wait and wait for a response from a
human reviewer. And then when we finally
get a response, there's no help. There's
no explanation. I'm going to be honest
with you guys. This is torture. It's
mental draining. Yesterday, my wife went
out to see her family. I was home alone
and I'm not going to lie, for probably
20 minutes, I was screaming. I finally
got in contact with YouTube live
support. And as I was typing, they
closed the [ __ ] chat on me and they
even took my ability to chat with them
again away from me. I'm not going to
lie, guys. It was 9/11. Let's just say I
was thinking 9/11 things. What the [ __ ]
is going on? What is this [ __ ] I've
never heard of this in my life. So,
here's what I'm going to say. If my
channel is not remonetized by October
13th, that's a month from now, I'll be
taking legal action. Just like I dealt
with the whole copyright strike
situation and I brought all of these
channels justice, whether they want to
admit it or not, because they're
enslaved by their communities and
they're afraid to say my name. You know,
I find it funny the second I start
calling YouTube out, I start running
into problems with my monetization. It's
almost as if they're teaching me a
lesson. Well, I'm going to teach you a
lesson right back. Don't [ __ ] with my
money or anybody else's money. You need
to give us a valid reason why. You need
to help us out. And trust me, you're
going to help me out. Before I go, I
just want to have a quick little
conversation with my audience. I see a
lot of people asking me, "When am I
going to get back to normal? When am I
going to upload my reactions again?" I'm
going to be honest with you guys. I just
don't give a [ __ ] right now. This has
really been affecting me. I feel like I
haven't slept in two [ __ ] weeks. When
I fix one problem, another 10 problems
pop up. If you want to support me, check
out my Patreon. Hopefully, there's
something on there that you enjoy. I
post on there daily. That's honestly the
only way you guys can help me out
personally. I mean, it's the only way
I'm getting paid right now. And if you
don't want to help me out financially,
your support on videos like this by
liking it, commenting on it, it really
helps because it gets the message out
there even more. Right now, I'm
struggling. I'm not going to lie. I'm
not going to lie. Through all of this
[ __ ] these commentary videos where
I'm just talking [ __ ] and ranting and
letting out my rage, it's been really
helping me, especially during these
times. So, if you don't see a reaction
from me in a week or two weeks or a
month, like y'all just going to have to
deal with it at this point. I have
thousands upon thousands of reaction
videos on my channel. Times are
different right now and I need to change
with the times. I have to adapt and
overcome. I will not perish. And yeah,
that's pretty much it. I'm sure there's
going to be follow-up videos to this
just like the last situation. I love you
guys. Scionata.