In the past months, YouTube has made some changes to the definition of violence for its advertising policy, including in-game violence. The company had to step back on the definition of violence as it was backed by some YouTube channels.
YouTube narrows the definition of violence for its advertising policy
The company, which wants to make certain types of content more suitable for advertisers, shared its new publishing policies with content producers in the past months. This change to YouTube’s advertiser-friendly content guidelines ushered in a new era in the platform’s approach to profanity and violence.
Some creators’ old videos have been disabled for monetization due to changed rules. Reacting to the changes made, YouTubers made the company take a step back in this regard.
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Commenting on the subject, YouTube spokesperson Michael Aciman said, “Many creators have been giving feedback on our update in recent weeks. I would like to state that these feedbacks are important to us. We are in the process of making some changes to our policies to address creator concerns. We will contact the creators when we rearrange our policies.” made statements.
The company, which also changed its swearing policy, announced that words like “damn” would not be considered disrespectful. However, it has been announced that all other insults and curses will be treated the same. In other words, any bad words said in the YouTube video will qualify as swearing.
With the last update, YouTube started to turn off the ad feature when profanity is constantly used in the video title and the first 7 seconds of the video. The situation, which drew the reaction of content producers, will be discussed again by the company.