"YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing content that advertisers define as controversial, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a nongraphic way. With the update that went into effect Tuesday, YouTube videos that dramatize or cover issues including domestic abuse, self-harm, suicide, adult sexual abuse, abortion and sexual harassment without graphic descriptions or imagery are now eligible for full monetization. Ads will remain restricted on videos that include content on child abuse, child sex trafficking and eating disorders."
"The changes were outlined in a posted to the Creator Insider YouTube channel on Tuesday, and the advertiser-friendly content guidelines were also updated with specific definitions and examples. "We want to ensure the creators who are telling sensitive stories or producing dramatized content have the opportunity to earn ad revenue while respecting advertiser choice and industry sentiment," said Conor Kavanagh, YouTube's head of monetization policy experience, in the video announcing the changes. "We took a closer look and found our guidelines in this area had become too restrictive and ended up demonetizing uploads like dramatized content.""
YouTube updated advertiser-friendly guidelines to allow full monetization for videos that dramatize or cover sensitive issues in a nongraphic way. Eligible topics include domestic abuse, self-harm, suicide, adult sexual abuse, abortion and sexual harassment. Personal accounts, preventative content and journalistic coverage of these subjects are also eligible for full ad revenue. Ads remain restricted for content involving child abuse, child sex trafficking and eating disorders. The guidelines were clarified with specific definitions and examples and aim to account for degree of graphic detail and reduce creator workarounds that sought to bypass previous policy limits.
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