 A little while ago there was an issue on YouTube about parody videos using well known children’s cartoons as a baseline for adult humour. The videos were not in themselves outside of what YouTube allows but were not suitable for the child audience of the original shows. YouTube has now responded as follws:Content that contains mature or violent themes that explicitly targets younger minors and families in the title, description and/or tags will no longer be allowed on the platform. This content was previously age-restricted, but today we’re updating our child safety policies to better protect the family experience.
What content will be removed?
We’re removing misleading family content, including videos that target younger minors and families, that contain sexual themes, violence, obscene, or other mature themes not suitable for young audiences. Here are some examples of content that will be removed:
- A video with tags like “for children” featuring family friendly cartoons engaging in inappropriate acts like injecting needles.
- Videos with prominent children’s nursery rhymes targeting younger minors and families in the video’s title, description or tags, that contain adult themes such as violence, sex, death, etc.
- Videos that explicitly target younger minors and families with phrasing such as “for kids” or “family fun” in the video’s title, description and/or tags that contain vulgar language.
What content will be age-restricted? Content that is meant for adults and not targeting younger minors and families won’t be removed, but it may be age-restricted. If you create adult content that could be confused as family entertainment, make sure your titles, descriptions, and tags match the audience you are targeting. Remember you can age restrict your content upon upload if it’s intended for mature audiences. Here is an example of content that may still be allowed on YouTube but will be age-restricted :
- Adult cartoons with vulgar language and/or violence that is explicitly targeted at adults.
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