YouTube AI is mass-banning channels – and rejecting appeals ‘within minutes’

Content creators claim they have been ‘locked out’ of tens of thousands of pounds of earnings (Picture: YouTube/AI)

Oleksandr Murashevych never thought that starting a YouTube channel to talk about cars would end with him taking the tech giant to court.

Within just two years, Oleksandr was creating four videos a week for his 20,000 subscribers and earning $2,000 (£1,500) every month.

But in 2024, YouTube demonetised his channel, Chase Car, in error, forcing the 35-year-old to...