YouTube shut down two of the biggest AI-generated fake movie trailer channels on the platform.
Screen Culture and KH Studio are gone, after raking in over 2M subscribers and over 1 billion views with them.
With so much more AI content out there, will creators soon find themselves affected too?
What Happened
The two deleted channels pumped out AI-heavy “trailers” for movies and shows that didn’t exist yet.
They spliced official footage with AI-generated scenes, often ranking above real studio trailers in search on YouTube.
Earlier this year, YouTube demonetized them.
The channels briefly added labels like “fan trailer” and “concept.” Then they quietly removed the disclaimers.
That’s when YouTube double downed and removed their channels entirely, citing violations of misleading metadata policies.
Our Take
YouTube has long said AI itself isn’t the problem. Deception is.
In our interview, Neal Mohan was clear:
“Every piece of content on YouTube, whether it’s produced with a camera, with AI tools, or with some combination, is also of course subject to our community guidelines around deceptive practices.”
This isn’t YouTube cracking down on AI. It’s YouTube protecting trust.
Creators can use AI to create faster, cheaper, and smarter.
But once AI starts impersonating franchises, misleading audiences, or hijacking search…that's when the platform will step in.
Earlier in the year, YouTube announced its testing a new deepfake detection tool too. Expect more policies and protection around AI to come in 2026.