GamingYouTube softens profanity rules

YouTube has updated its guidelines, introducing changes to its profanity rules that previously led to videos being demonetised.

The initial policy was announced in November 2022 but didn't come into effect until January 2023 and immediately met backlash. The new rules (which also included a harsher policy on game violence) led to increasing demonetisation of content, and applied retroactively. Following the controversy, YouTube had promised to make tweaks.

In yesterday's announcement, YouTube acknowledged that the "new profanity policy actually resulted in a stricter approach than [it] intended."

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