The video giant placed the veto two channels after an investigation that discovered the Hollywood plots and the millions generated with misleading content

For years, Fans of cinema met YouTube with spectacular trailer who promised impossible films: DIt is a delivery of James Bond With Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie, up to a new season of The game of squid with Leonardo DiCaprio. All very spectacular … but completely false. Now, YouTube has decided to interrupt this type of content: it has disabled the monetization of two of the best known channels for the creation of these videos with artificial intelligence, Screen culture y KH Studio.

YouTube hit the table against false trailers

The decision comes after a Exclusive research of the deadlinewhich revealed not only the scope of these false trailers, but also as Some Hollywood studies are, secret, benefit from it. Far from protecting its content, some giants like Warner Bros. Discovery Y Sony They asked YouTube of Rehadilizes advertising income generated by these videos to your coffers. Of course, nobody wanted to make official comments.

In the meantime, YouTube has taken Monetization standardwhich require creators to significantly transform the material that is not theirs, in addition to avoiding “repetitive or duplicate content” made only with the aim of generating visits. In a nutshell: if your video is just an click hook and does not have a real creativity, You will not charge you.

KH Studio he replied, ensuring that their videos are looking for “Enter with the ideas of the ‘What If …?’ And they never wanted to deceive anyone. “I dedicated myself to this for more than three years. It is difficult to see that we enter the same bag as the deceptive content,” explained the creator of the channel.

For its part, The culture of the screen did not make statements, although its founder, Nikhil P. Chaudharihe had previously defended his project as a Creative editing exercise. With a team of a dozen editors, they also create 12 videos per weekall designed to hook the fans of the franchise such as The Four Fantastic or Superman.

The double face of Hollywood: they criticize, but they win

This is where history becomes even more interesting: while YouTube prohibits this type of content for considering it “misleading”Some Film studies would require in private that they are not eliminatedprovided that they take money from advertising. A kind of “ok, it’s wrong … but if you give me a part, we continue.”

And we are not talking about crumbs: according to the deadline, The screen culture has reached over 1.4 billion views and 1.4 million subscribers In just two years. Although Chaudhari did not want to reveal his exact benefits, it is clear that he entered Millions of dollars Thanks to these videos.

In addition, many of these false trailers end up positioning above the officers In the search results of YouTube. Something that has also been a reason for the criticism by the media since then The algorithms of the platform give priority to hitting against the truth.

To this is added that many of the videos also violate the policies of Technical disinformation From YouTube, since they contain digitally manipulated images to make something false for real. But of course, if the content generates money … the ethical dilemma becomes blurred.

Creativity against Clickbait

The debate that opens with this case is delicate. On the one hand, there are those who defend this type of video as a modern form of Fan art audiovisualA way to imagine alternative worlds or impossible jets that, after all, do not damage anyone. Indeed, Chaudhari himself says that “most of the audience knows that my videos are not official”And those looking for the real trailer can easily find it.

But of course, Not all users are so clear where fiction ends and where it begins Real marketing. And when millions of people click on believing you see something authentic, the line takes dangerously.

The case of the KH studio and the screen culture is only the tip of the iceberg. There is An avalanche of similar channels Using artificial intelligence to generate false versions of films that do not yet exist, Feel the Hype of the fansand fill the pockets with advertising income.

YouTube wanted to act, at least for the public, deactivating monetization. But with studies Take advantage of the situation to continue earning money Between Bambbalins, it is not so clear that this battle is really closed.