Hold YouTube accountable for AI usage in moderation and other aspects


Hold YouTube accountable for AI usage in moderation and other aspects
The Issue
YouTube has an AI issue, and I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, it's hurting the platform more than helping.
First up: AI moderation. Countless animators, reactors and gaming channels are getting terminated or demonetized from the Partner Program or even getting their entire Google accounts removed due to poor moderation likely by AI. Some have even been on the platform for a long, long time, monetization was going well then BAM!!
Demonetized within a flash. It honestly hurts, you know? Some creator spent hours making good animation that could sometimes rival professional studios, to have their whole channel demonetized for a long time due to so called "misleading family content", when you know your audience is mainly adults!
You try to appeal, but the AI shines through once more, since they immediately reject you or talk in circles until you've sent enough emails for an unfair support ban.
Second thing: AI age detection and ID scanning. YouTube is directly linked to Google, so their AI age detection model is active in certain areas. And it's detecting your age through your watch history, directly tracking your data and limiting your features because of it. Even if their Google account age is over 13 years old, it'll still detect your age, therefore unfairly restricting certain features until you give your personal info to Google. These data will be used for AI training and sent to advertisers, thereby gaining sensitive information from you.
We need to do something about these issues, and that needs your help. Take a small signature, and we'll get YouTube's attention and hopefully the issue gets solved!
"A computer can never be held accountable, thereby a computer shouldn't make management decisions."

2,018
The Issue
YouTube has an AI issue, and I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, it's hurting the platform more than helping.
First up: AI moderation. Countless animators, reactors and gaming channels are getting terminated or demonetized from the Partner Program or even getting their entire Google accounts removed due to poor moderation likely by AI. Some have even been on the platform for a long, long time, monetization was going well then BAM!!
Demonetized within a flash. It honestly hurts, you know? Some creator spent hours making good animation that could sometimes rival professional studios, to have their whole channel demonetized for a long time due to so called "misleading family content", when you know your audience is mainly adults!
You try to appeal, but the AI shines through once more, since they immediately reject you or talk in circles until you've sent enough emails for an unfair support ban.
Second thing: AI age detection and ID scanning. YouTube is directly linked to Google, so their AI age detection model is active in certain areas. And it's detecting your age through your watch history, directly tracking your data and limiting your features because of it. Even if their Google account age is over 13 years old, it'll still detect your age, therefore unfairly restricting certain features until you give your personal info to Google. These data will be used for AI training and sent to advertisers, thereby gaining sensitive information from you.
We need to do something about these issues, and that needs your help. Take a small signature, and we'll get YouTube's attention and hopefully the issue gets solved!
"A computer can never be held accountable, thereby a computer shouldn't make management decisions."

2,018
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Petition created on 4 March 2026