YouTube Halts Ad Revenue for AI-Driven Fake Movie Trailer Channels

Screen Culture and KH Studio lose monetization privileges after violating YouTube's policies on misinformation and content originality.

YouTube has disabled monetization for Screen Culture and KH Studio, two prominent fake movie trailer channels, citing violations of its monetization and misinformation policies.
The channels amassed over 1.9 billion views by creating AI-generated trailers that misled viewers with doctored content and deceptive titles.
YouTube's policies require significant transformation of borrowed material and prohibit content designed solely to generate views or mislead audiences.
Both channels' creators defended their content as creative exploration, with Screen Culture's founder questioning the harm of their videos and KH Studio emphasizing entertainment over deception.
Reports suggest some Hollywood studios may have sought to benefit from ad revenue generated by these channels, though no studios have commented on these allegations.