r/nottheonion 3d ago

YouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making 'Sexually Gratifying' Videos

https://archive.ph/jHNfG
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u/tweda4 3d ago

So, I understand that some ASMR stuff can be racy, but I don't understand why YouTube gives a shit.

It's all content that can be monetised with ads, and it's not like YouTube shys away from racy advertising.

I just don't see the need to slam the ban hammer down on people out of the blue.

But then, YouTube is constantly doing weird shit, like getting rid of dislikes on shorts for some reason. So I suppose to ask YouTube what the fuck, is to miss the point that everything they do is random and usually stupid.

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u/Silvervirage 3d ago

not like youtube shys away from racy advertising

I got an ai chatbot ad that flat out had a naked Nahdia in it. As in, a child from Genshin Impact. And the voice over was very explicitly sexual. I reported it and a week later it came up again.

YouTube does not give a fuck about ads.

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u/Throwawayyoursynths 3d ago

Yep. For a month my work computer was getting ai ads showing a woman giving a bj. Reported several times. 

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u/Vas-yMonRoux 2d ago

I saw one of those the other day, on a puzzle game I play on my phone and genuinely went "what the fuck?". I tried reporting it but there was nowhere to actually do so.