People pearl clutching over user generated content is just an observational reality.

The “ad-pocalypse” on YouTube and it’s subsequent iterations saw tons of youtubers demonetized and “problematic content” throttled all because discussions of the “alt right pipeline” of YouTube. People started calling sponsors like Coke telling that that they must support this content if they advertise on YouTube etc, so YouTube crushed it. Likewise on all other social media. It’s another outgrowth of outrage/cancel culture