Youtube Loosens Profanity Rules For Monetized Videos

YouTube is tweaking its profanity-related rules to let creators to monetize videos pinch swearing successful them, provided nan profanity is contained to nan first 7 seconds of nan video.

In November 2022, YouTube changed its rules truthful that creators who utilized committedness words successful the first 8-15 seconds would potentially beryllium ineligible for immoderate advertisement revenue. After overmuch backlash, nan institution changed its rules again successful March 2023 truthful that such videos would beryllium eligible for constricted advertisement revenue, unless they usage profanity successful nan mostly of nan video.

Announcing nan latest changes, YouTube’s caput of monetization, Conor Kavanagh, said successful a video precocious connected Tuesday that nan changes of 2 years agone were made to align YouTube videos pinch broadcast standards.

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