The YouTube System is flawed. It always has been. However, recently it seems worse. YouTube seems paranoid about the smallest things. Channels are getting demonetized, hidden, and banned left and right. YouTube's content creators are the reason the site is successful in the first place, and yet Susan Wojcicki and the people at YouTube are screwing them over. I understand that unless the site has a tight leash on their creators, advertisers will avoid the site. However, this is only due to a couple of users that YouTube itself promoted. The rest of the people making a living off their videos shouldn't be punished for a few mistakes caused by bigger channels. There are people who's lives depend on the ad revenue they get off their videos, and they are being ignored by the giant corporation that is Google.

What we ask for is simple:

Either have real human being who knows fair use look at copyright reports, or vastly improve the bot to use context to determine Fair Use. Change the Copyright Strike system so that people can't just remove any video they don't like. Once again, have a real human look at these claims before removing or demonetizing the video. Don't automatically ban any user that isn't "Child Friendly". YouTube requires all users be 13+. While I understand that this is difficult to actually enforce, the parents should be responsible for what their children watch, not the creators. Don't demonetize any video the bot/the company doesn't like. If it breaks the specific guidelines, such as nudity or hardcore violence, yes, demonetize it. However, cursing or mild violence are within the guidelines and should not be punished. YouTube is a big enough company to not require advertisers that are afraid of things like that. Instead of punishing everyone for the mistakes of a few creators, simply punish those creators. I won't mention any names, but creators that abuse their views and power should be the ones getting banned and demonetized. Yet, instead of making an example out of them, the site instead bans every other smaller creator for the smallest of infractions. Remember the human. Behind almost every channel on the site is a living, breathing human being, many of which survive off only the money earned by the site. These are real people who are suffering because YouTube has screwed over their channel.

This goes beyond funny videos. YouTube is the entertainment service of the future, and the way things are headed now, it is a very bleak future, both for creators and the site itself. Because if you don't fix these problems, these brilliant, creative creators who put their heart and soul into their videos will have two options: quit making videos, or move to a new and improved site that won't screw them over.

Recently, a YouTube creator who had his entire channel demonteized asked YouTube why they had done so. They replied with, "Following up – the review team took another look at your channel and confirmed this was a mistake on their side. Your channel is approved again for YPP. Our apologies!" The fact that a giant corporation like this can make such serious and vital mistakes that directly impact the livelihoods of their creators is awful at best and disgusting at actually.

This cannot continue to happen.

Thank you for reading this. The very lives of your creators depends on it.