Black Horror Game YouTuber CoryxKenshin Has Everyone Debating Platform Racism, Favoritism

Instead of having a dialogue with CoryxKenshin about his video and why it was age-restricted while Markiplier’s wasn’t, YouTube apparently removed the age restriction from CoryxKenshin’s video before reinstating it and then age-restricting Markiplier’s video a few days later. This evidently pissed CoryxKenshin off, not because it wasn’t a good development. It kinda was, but this seems to only further illustrate the unequal weight YouTube applies when enforcing its policies. CoryxKenshin even mentioned he “bleeps out cuss words in video games” and doesn’t use strong language in his content, so he’s totally baffled at how it seems like YouTube treats him so differently.

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“Why is my channel so much more heavily scrutinized than my peers?” CoryxKenshin asked, the frustration clearly swelling in his throat. “When I say peers, I mean people around my level, around my view count. Just to keep it simple: Why is my channel so much more thoroughly scrutinized, especially so when I’ve been number 1 trending multiple days in a row which I’ve done multiple times?”

CoryxKenshin said this wasn’t the first time YouTube has unfairly moderated his channel, either. He recounted another instance in 2021 when YouTube gave him a community guideline strike, without communication or an explanation, for a video of his from 2019. It felt like it came out of nowhere, given that it had been so long after making the video.

“Every single time I start to get an uptick in traction, an uptick in activity, here comes YouTube coming through,’Hey, let’s get him for this video from 2019. You see this Cory? No, this is bad,’” CoryxKenshin said. “It wasn’t bad the nine months I was off the platform. It was only bad when I got back and I was number 1 trending. This situation was only bad because I’ve been number 1 trending since I got back. Every other YouTuber has uploaded The Mortuary Assistant, and now YouTube’s about to start putting in some age restrictions because I called them out on some unfair behavior.”

Kotaku reached out to CoryxKenshin, Darkstone Digital, Markiplier, and YouTube for comment.

Plenty of folks online have shown their support for CoryxKenshin’s candidness. YouTubers like Jidion suggested company CEO Susan Wojcicki should “sit down and talk these issues through” with CoryxKenshin. News commentator Omni said no one “is surprised at this point” by any of these allegations, while Twitch streamer CashNasty gave “respect to CoryxKenshin” for speaking his truth. Even big names on the platform have made videos covering the topic, including Ludwig, Philip DeFranco, and moistcr1tikal, most of which are in agreement that YouTube’s content moderation policies are vague at best and trash at worst, and that something sussy is going on behind the scenes in CoryxKenshin’s case. Though YouTube hasn’t said anything publicly yet, the situation seems to have ballooned far too big for the platform to ignore now.