I wouldn't be surprised. There's a lot going on there.
It definitely marks certain accounts for being spicy, where comments are flagged for manual review by default. I've had posts deleted for swearing and other arbitrary things seconds to minutes after posting and other people get away with saying bad words just fine.
Youtube is like twitter now. if you're not hanging out with friends or building a brand, you're a sucker tbh. I'm waiting for them to get antitrusted to hell, but I think it's not going to happen, the Biden administration is not rushing on that matter, that's for sure. I think it won't happen and it's just going to keep getting more incestuous.