YouTube Is Cleaning House in 2026 (AI Strikes & New Rules)

[YoshidaYui]

[AllaN01Bear]

1. i started on youtube when it was just a search engine .

how u play the games of saying i dont want to play mixes or games or other things . i used to produce but got burnt out . so now yt is now my main entertainment since comcast priced me out of their market. i like watching and commenting. youtube is makint that a pain now too also

[Boomerproud]

2. There was a vid put up today that claimed Michael J. Fox had died.

I reported it. Doing my own cleaning as it were. Too much of YT is a cesspool.

[canetoad]

4. I see those types of videos

Often and it makes me angry. Usually report them but doesn't seem to make a difference. It's a septic tank full of disinformation there. How's that 'Don't be evil" going for ya, Google.

[appmanga]

3. I'll have to finish watching the video later...

...but a young lady who has a wonderful channel had it shut down a couple of months ago. She reached out in her Patreon, and the outpouring of support got her channel, which is totally inoffensive and not even close to "PG", reinstated.

YouTube never specifically told her why her channel had been shut down, so she has no idea if whatever the reason was could happen again. Their vague reason was for "spam messaging", which makes no sense to her, or anyone who views her content.

At this point, thousand of people are relying on YouTube for their income, and to have that wrenched away without actual due process is something they should not be able to do. I believe Congress has an obligation to protect people who've spent years sometimes building an audience in order to make YouTube a viable income stream. The fact YouTube is a private company isn't a good enough reason when the basis of their business is being created by the public.

[PatrickforB]

5. This is not about getting rid of AI slop so viewers 'can have a better experience.' What YouTube really is doing

is positioning itself to be a new streaming empire like Netflix.

When stuff like this happens, it is ALWAYS about profits for shareholders. Never about the worker, the consumer or the good of the planet.