YouTube has changed its rules on profanity to let creators monetize swearing videos, as long as the swearing is limited to the first 7 seconds.
YouTube will no longer allow creators to use swear words after November 2022. the first 8-15 seconds would potentially Be ineligible to receive any advertising revenues. In March 2023, after much criticism and backlash from the public, the company revised its rules once again. such videos would be eligible for limited ad revenueIf they do not use vulgarity for the bulk of the video.
Conor Kavanagh announced the new changes in an announcement video posted late Tuesday. He said that two years earlier, YouTube had made changes to its videos so they would align with broadcasting standards.
“We introduced this guideline to align with broadcast standards, advertisers expected ads on YouTube to have a distance between profanity and the ad that just served. Those expectations have changed, and advertisers already have the ability to target content to their desired level of profanity,” “He said”
According to him, if video creators include strong or moderate swear words as part of the title or thumbnail for their videos, they may have limited revenue.
