r/abc • u/Ascenspe • 21h ago
DISCUSSION Anyone else getting flooded with fake "ABC News" clone channels every single day?
Is anyone else dealing with this absolute nightmare on their feed?
Every single day, without fail, I open YouTube and get recommended a brand new, random channel that is blatantly trying to impersonate ABC News. They copy the logo, use slightly tweaked names, and spam repeats, AI-generated slop, fake news clips.
The most infuriating part is that there is no direct option to report the channel for impersonation or spam right from the feed recommendation menu. The only thing I can do is click the three dots and select "Don't recommend channel."
But it doesn't matter! The very next day, a completely different burner channel pops up doing the exact same thing, and the cycle repeats. "Don't recommend channel" only kills that specific fake account, but it does nothing to stop the infinite whack-a-mole of clones.
Why is it so hard to just flag a channel for blatant impersonation from the main feed? Is ABC News aware and doing anything about it?