@alanchen: I want to tell everyone something and also ask for your help. The channel recently had its monetization suspended by YouTube, with the reason being that the channel content involves "AI avatars discussing sensitive topics." To be clear about the facts: from the very first episode to now, every episode features me in person and my own voice; we have never used any AI virtual host to present content; the only...

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Channel owner @alanchen says YouTube mistakenly suspended monetization on the channel because its content involves "AI avatars discussing sensitive topics." The appeal was rejected, and he feels helpless and may pause updates.

I want to tell everyone something and also ask for your help. The channel recently had its monetization suspended by YouTube, with the reason being that the channel content involves "AI avatars discussing sensitive topics." To be clear about the facts: from the very first episode to now, every episode features me in person and my own voice; we have never used any AI virtual host to present content. The only AI used was to generate static illustrations to help with the presentation. I believe this is a misjudgment, so I submitted an appeal, but it was rejected anyway. I feel very helpless. After six years of running this channel with care, now due to this misjudgment I can't even know where the problem lies, and I can't find a real person to communicate with about this. I've worked hard to get 264k followers, and I'm very grateful to every one of you who subscribed. But this platform really makes my heart feel cold; I may need to pause or slow down updates for a while. I'd like to ask everyone — if you know someone at YouTube, or have any channel that can directly contact the official team, could you help introduce me? I'd be really grateful. If you have such a channel, you can email me directly at the address published on my channel's homepage, or DM me on X. I'll be keeping an eye on both. The latest episode of "Capital Past" (《资本往事》) was just released, recorded a couple of days ago. Whether I can continue updating after this is still unknown for now, so please enjoy it while you can. If you have better solutions or other platforms willing to support me, please leave a comment.
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I want to share something with you all, and also ask for your help.

Our channel was recently demonetized by YouTube, with the stated reason being that the content involves “AI characters discussing sensitive topics.”

First, let me clarify the facts: from our very first episode to now, every single episode features me on camera and my own voice. We have never used any AI virtual presenters to host content. The only AI we’ve used was to generate static illustrations for demonstration purposes. I believe this is a misjudgment. I filed an appeal, but it was rejected. I feel truly helpless—I’ve spent 6 years carefully building this channel, and now, being misjudged, I can’t even find out what exactly went wrong, let alone find a real person to talk to about resolving this. After all this hard work, we’ve reached 264k followers, and I’m deeply grateful to every one of you who subscribed. But this platform has truly disheartened me. I may need to pause or slow down updates for a while.

I wanted to ask you all—if you know someone inside YouTube, or have any channel that can directly reach the official team, could you help make an introduction? I’d be really grateful.

If you have a way to reach out, feel free to email me directly at the address publicly listed on my channel’s homepage, or DM me on X. I’ll be keeping a close eye on both.

Capital Stories just released its latest episode—it was recorded a couple of days ago. Whether we can continue updating after this remains unknown for now, so please enjoy it while it’s here.

If you have any better solutions or know of other platforms where you’d be willing to support me, please leave a comment below.

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