The Aporia · Scottish Youtuber blocked from video earnings by tech giant's 'AI robots'

Hannah Rodger

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🔮 The Scottish Government has been urged to explain why it has spent nearly £300million outsourcing work that its army of civil servants could mostly do themselves.

2026-10-31 · assertive framing · SNP ministers urged to explain £300m bill... for work civil servants could do themselves

🔮 The IT firm – based in Bangalore – will control the software that people use to apply for benefits, track their applications and make sure their details are up to date. The move comes after the Scottish Government was allowed to set up Social Security Scotland to deal with benefits.

2026-10-31 · assertive framing · After Mail reveals Swinney's 'free schoolbags for pupils' will be made in China, he hands a £35m benefits contract...to India!

🔮 In January, the 55-year-old’s videos became so popular on YouTube that Google, which owns the site, ‘monetised’ her account, meaning she would get paid every time viewers watched her films.

2026-10-31 · assertive framing · Scottish Youtuber blocked from video earnings by tech giant's 'AI robots'

🔮 A decision has yet to be made on whether to approve Rosebank – an oil field off the coast of Shetland – which would produce oil mainly for export, as opposed to Jackdaw which will produce a lot of gas for use in the UK.

2026-10-24 · assertive framing · Energy firm not backing down over North Sea threat despite Jackdaw green light

🔮 The First Minister announced he would introduce a bill by next summer to make ‘harassment and abuse based on misogyny a specific criminal offence’ during his speech to SNP conference. But in May 2025 the nationalists scrapped the same legislation as it would have included protections for transgender women, who are biologically male, claiming they did so as there was not enough time to redraft the law following the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a ‘woman’ in the Equality Act.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Women sceptical of Swinney's U-turn on abandoned misogyny law

🔮 Ms Badenoch added that Mr Flynn and Ms Goodlad ‘would not be my ministers’ if they were members of her party.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: The SNP can't be trusted with YOUR money

🔮 Among them is Carmichael John Williamson, known as John, who was last week found guilty of raping a teenager and a woman in Shetland.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Cash-strapped Police Scotland spend £4m a year on officers who are suspended from duty

🔮 Veteran instructor Ian Haggis died in the plane crash The plane came down in a field near Drymen, Stirlingshire Nothing is known about the trainee pilot, other than it was a boy aged 16 who may have been taking a flying lesson during the half-term holidays.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Boy, 16, on flying lesson and 'passionate' instructor aged 80 are both killed as light aircraft comes down at beauty spot

🔮 Noting that ‘some internal investigations are dragging on for years’, she added: ‘It is hard to understand why any process would take six years to conclude.’

2026-10-10 · assertive framing · Scandal of police officers on 'restricted duties' while they face violence and abuse claims against women

🔮 And he claimed it will leave the best-known faces at BBC Scotland pitted against one another for their own jobs.

2026-10-10 · assertive framing · Ex-presenter warns BBC Scotland's big names face losing their jobs

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A Scottish outdoors influencer is being blocked from accessing hundreds of pounds in YouTube revenue by the firm’s AI robots. asserted

influencer → block → robots

Fiona MacBain has amassed more than 300,000 followers on social media and regularly posts about wild camping expeditions across Scotland under the name ‘Fiona In The Wild’. asserted

MacBain → amass → Wild

In January, the 55-year-old’s videos became so popular on YouTube that Google, which owns the site, ‘monetised’ her account, meaning she would get paid every time viewers watched her films. asserted

viewers → become → films

But when she tried to withdraw the cash the tech giant said her address hadn’t been verified and they’d send her a PIN code by post to complete the process. asserted

they → try → process

In the last ten months Google claims to have sent Ms MacBain seven PIN codes – none of which have arrived at her Inverness home. uncertain

none → claim → home

Ms MacBain, who works full time for a local authority, said she has been driven demented trying to resolve the problem and is convinced she is ‘speaking to AI robots’ rather than a real person. asserted

she → work → robots

Fiona MacBain has become popular on social media for showcasing Scotland's outdoors She has earned more than £500 on Youtube but is unable to access the cash She said: ‘I’ve spent hours trying to sort this out. asserted

I → become → this

I have no problem with any of my other social media accounts. asserted

I → have → accounts

I was monetised on TikTok in 2024 without an issue. asserted

I → monetise → issue

But with Youtube, it seems there’s a glitch and I can’t get round it. asserted

I → seem → it

‘Every time I speak to them it’s on an online chat as they don’t have a contact number. asserted

they → speak → number

I’m convinced I’m speaking to AI robots. asserted

I → ’m → robots

All they say is they will send me another PIN code, and it goes round and round. asserted

it → say → code

The code never arrives, I can’t verify my address, I can’t access the money. asserted

I → arrive → money

‘I did say to them once “I think you are AI, not a real person” and the response was “Sorry you believe I am AI”. asserted

I → say → them

There has to be a way for the biggest technology company in the world to resolve this, surely.’ asserted

company → have → this

Ms MacBain said she spent time creating specific content that would work well on YouTube, which typically hosts longer videos than other social media platforms. asserted

which → say → platforms

She has accumulated around £500 in revenue from the platform, but as she hasn’t verified her address, Google has now ‘demonetised’ her account. asserted

Google → accumulate → account

‘It’s the principal of it that annoys me’, she said. asserted

she → ’ → me

‘This is a massive tech company refusing to help, and if this has happened to me then it must be happening to other people. asserted

it → refuse → people

I might not be the biggest presence on Youtube which is probably why they’re not trying to sort the problem out, but it’s still exploitation if they are benefitting from my videos.’ uncertain

they → try → videos

Ms MacBain began creating social media content during a wild camping trip in 2023, and said her three children initially weren’t pleased with their mum’s sudden online fame. asserted

children → begin → fame

She said: ‘ At first when the videos started to get popular locally, they were quite embarrassed by it and they weren’t especially happy…Particularly because now and then, I’d done little TikTok dances outside my tent. asserted

I → say → tent

Once I started earning money from it, I bought them new phones and we went on a lovely holiday to Sicily, which they enjoyed and I think they didn’t mind so much after that.’ asserted

they → start → that

After being contacted by the MoS, a Google spokeswoman said: ‘We have identified the issue and have reached out to the creator directly to find a solution.’ asserted

We → contact → solution

Scottish Youtuber blocked from video earnings by tech giant's 'AI robots'

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